Angang Steel Company Limited known as Angang Steel or Ansteel is a joint-stock limited company parented by

Anshan Iron and Steel Group Anshan ( zh, s=鞍山, p=Ānshān, l=saddle mountain) is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning's ...

, which is supervised by the

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. It is the second largest

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maker in

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. "Angang" is the

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transcription of the company's Chinese short name 鞍钢 (''Āngāng'', meaning "saddle steel", because of its close ties to

Anshan Anshan ( zh, s=鞍山, p=Ānshān, l=saddle mountain) is an inland prefecture-level city in central-southeast Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, about south of the provincial capital Shenyang. As of the 2020 census, it was Liaoning' ...

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). Ansteel is engaged in producing and selling steel products as

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, cold rolled sheets, color coating plates, wire rods, thick

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and heavy rails. It was incorporated in 1997 when Anshan Iron and Steel injected its cold rolling, wire rod, and thick plate operations into Ansteel. Ansteel is

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in Anshan.Ansteel Company Description
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{{authority control Companies formerly in the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Companies established in 1997 Steel companies of China Government-owned companies of China Companies based in Liaoning 1997 establishments in China Anshan