Maanshan Iron & Steel

Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited, known as Maanshan Iron & Steel or just Masteel (in Chinese Magang) is a Chinese listed company which engaged in steel manufacturing. The company was based in Ma'anshan, Anhui province. Since its establishment in 1993, it was controlled by the Chinese governments. However, the indirect parent company was changed to central government owned China Baowu Steel Group in June 2019, after the Group acquired 51% stake of Masteel Group, the direct parent company of the listed company from the Anhui provincial government.

Not to be confused with Masteel Group formerly known as "Maanshan Iron and Steel Company" from 1958 to 1993 and the parent company of Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (this article)..
Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited
TypePublic
SSE: 600808(A share)
SEHK: 323(H share)
ISIN
IndustrySteel manufacturing
Founded1993
FounderMasteel Group
Headquarters
Ma'anshan, Anhui province
,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Ding Yi (Chairman)[1]
ProductsSteel
OwnerMasteel Group (45.54%)
ParentMasteel Group
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese马鞍山钢铁股份有限公司
Literal meaningMa'anshan steel and iron, company limited by shares
Websitewww.magang.com.hk

History

Predecessor
See also: Masteel Group

The history of the steel plant could be traced back to "Ma'anshan Iron Mining Plant", established in 1953.[2] The steel plant was renamed to "Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company",[2] (Chinese: 马鞍山钢铁公司 or transliterated as "Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Corporation"). In the 1950s, it was considered as one of the 5 medium-sized steel plants of the People's Republic of China,[3] behind the top 3 at that time: Anshan, Wuhan and Baotou.[4] In the 1970s, the production process of the Group mainly comprised cooking, sintering, iron smelting, steel smelting and rolling.[3]

Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited

In 1993, Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited was established to list the steel manufacturing assets in the stock exchanges, auxiliary divisions were not listed.[5] The old "Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company" was renamed to "Magang Holding Company", but remained as the parent and the holding company of the listed company. It was one of the first Chinese state-owned enterprises to be a listed company.[6]

In 1998 the parent company was renamed into Magang (Group) Holding Co., Ltd.,[2] but commonly known as Masteel Group.

In the 2010s, the listed company had become a supplier of the train wheels and tires for China Railway High-speed trains such as Fuxing.[7]

In 2016, as part of the national policy to retire old-age steel production facilities as well as scale-down steel production volume, Maanshan Iron & Steel started to retire some of their production line. In 2018, the retirement was completed.[8]

Controversies

In 2015, [sic] hundreds[6][nb 1] of lay-off workers protested the closing of a steel plant of the listed company in Hefei, the capital of Anhui province, demanding a fairer compensation.[6][9] The plant was formerly known as "Hefei Iron and Steel" (Chinese: 合肥钢铁 or in short 合钢)[10] but renamed to "Masteel (Hefei) Iron and Steel" (Chinese: 马钢（合肥）钢铁) after became a subsidiary of Maanshan Iron and Steel. It was closed down due to heavy pollution.[10][11] Some part of the Hefei steel plant had become a national monument, as the first steel plant (instead of iron) of the province.[12]

In early 2016, fellow Chinese steel maker and later the parent company Baosteel Group (now China Baowu Steel Group) was accused by US Steel Corporation of stealing commercial secrets. Baosteel rejected these allegations.[13] The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) launched a probe into these allegations in May 2016, which Maanshan Iron and Steel was included in the investigation along with other Chinese steel maker such as Wuhan Iron and Steel,[14] which was also part of China Baowu Steel Group since 2016.

Footnotes
  1. According to a self-published news report in boxun.com, 5,000 people were involved in January 2016 protest which was held in a square of the former steel plant, with some protesters had blocked the traffic near the gate of the steel plant,[9] while Financial Times reported hundreds of protesters were on the street in 2015.[6] The same Boxun news report also stated the previous protest was held in April 2014, in the form of labour strike.[9] Both sources confirmed the existence of protest(s) but contradicted on details.

References
  1. 2018 Annual Report (H share) (PDF) (Report). Maanshan Iron & Steel Company Limited. April 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.
  2. "About us". Magang (Group) Holding. Archived from the original on 30 December 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. The New Encyclopædia Britannica (1974), Micropædia Vol. 6 (15th ed.). p. 423.
  4. 荣文丽; 武力 (January 2013). 中国当代钢铁工业发展的思想与实践. 河北学刊 [Hebei Academic Journal] (in Chinese (China)). Hebei Academy of Social Sciences. 33 (1). ISSN 1003-7071.
  5. 招股说明书概要 (prospectus) (in Chinese (China)). Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited. 1 November 1993. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via jrj.com.cn.
  6. Feng, Emily (16 November 2017). Written at Ma'anshan. "China's laid-off workers pose daunting welfare challenge". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. anonymous (27 June 2018). 揭秘：高铁轮箍的诞生过程. 安徽频道 [Anhui channel] (in Chinese (China)). Photographed by 王雷. Beijing. Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  8. 吴量亮 (1 January 2019). 我省提前两年完成“十三五”钢铁去产能任务. 安徽日报 [Anhui Daily] (in Chinese (China)). Hefei: 安徽日报报业集团 [Anhui Daily Press Group]. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  9. 安徽合肥逾千钢铁工人游行示威与警对峙. Boxun (in Chinese (China)). 21 January 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. 合肥马钢，一个时代的告别. 鹅眼 (in Chinese (China)). No. 94. Tencent. 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  11. 2015年年度报告 [2015 Annual Report (A share)] (PDF) (Report) (in Chinese (China)). Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited. 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019 – via Shanghai Stock Exchange.
  12. 【第二批国家工业遗产】合肥钢铁厂——开启安徽现代工业序幕. China Industry News (in Chinese (China)). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  13. "China's Baosteel Group says U.S. Steel accusations groundless". Reuters. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  14. "U.S. panel launches trade secret theft probe into China steel". Reuters. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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