China Steel

There is an unrelated raw material processing company named Sinosteel based in the People's Republic of China.

China Steel Corporation
中國鋼鐵股份有限公司

Type	Public (TSE: 2002)
Founded	December 3, 1971
Headquarters	Kaohsiung City, Republic of China (Taiwan).
Key people	Chairman: Chia-Juch Chang President: Y.C. Chen
Industry	Steelmaking
Products	Plates, Bars, Wire rods, hot rolled products, cold rolled products, electro-galvanized sheets, and electrical sheets.
Revenue	▲TWD 177.7 billion (2006)[1]
Net income	▲TWD 47.7 billion (2006)[1]
Employees	9,071 (2006)[2]
Website	www.csc.com.tw

China Steel Corporation (CSC) is the largest integrated steel maker in Taiwan. Its main steel mill is located in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung. The corporation and its sister companies are administrated under the CSC Group. According to the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI), China Steel is the 25th largest steel producer in the world in 2006.^[3]

History

China Steel was planned and organized in 1960s and the corporation was officially established in December 3, 1971. In November 1, 1974, CSC began the first stage of construction. Its head office was located in Taipei between 1971 and 1975, but translocated to Kaohsiung since September 15, 1975.

The first blast furnace was launched in June 27, 1977. A few months later, the first stage of the building plan of the steel mill was accomplished. The second and the third stage were subsequently accomplished in 1982 and 1988, respectively. Presently, the company has a total of four blast furnaces.

CSC was started as a non-governmental company. It once transformed into a state-owned company in July 1, 1977 and subsequently re-privatized in April 12, 1995. Although CSC is a de jure non-governmental company at present, the Government of Taiwan still owns a large portion of its stocks, thus the chairman of company is appointed by the government.

See also

• Ten Major Construction Projects

References

External links

• China Steel Corporation