Shandong Steel
Chinese steel company
Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd (Chinese: 山东钢铁集团), commonly known as Shandong Steel, is a Chinese steel company based in Jinan. 2015 it was ranked as 12th biggest steel producer of the world with a production of 21.7 million tonnes of steel. In 2009, it took a 67% stake in Rizhao Iron and Steel. SISG is controlled by the provincial government of Shandong. SISG was formed in March 2008 when the provincial government of Shandong merged two state-owned steel producers.
History
The State-owned Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd was created out of the restructuring of Jinan Iron and Steel Group Co and Laiwu Steel Group Corp – the sixth- and seventh-largest steel makers in the country – and Shandong Metallurgical Industry Corp. The three belong to the Shandong provincial state assets management commission.
Shandong Iron and Steel has a registered capital of 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) and is fully state-owned.
Under the provincial steel industry plan, the group has an annual output of 31.6 million tons. In 2007, Jinan produced 12.12 million tons of crude steel and Laiwu turned out 11.7 million tons.
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