Company type | public | ||||||
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SSE: 600282 | |||||||
Industry | steel manufacturing | ||||||
Founded |
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Founder | Nanjing Iron and Steel Group | ||||||
Headquarters | , China | ||||||
Area served | China | ||||||
Revenue | CN¥37.601 billion (2017) | ||||||
CN¥ 3.200 billion (2017) | |||||||
Total assets | CN¥37.735 billion (2017) | ||||||
Total equity | CN¥11.575 billion (2017) | ||||||
Owner |
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Parent | Nangang United | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 南京钢铁股份有限公司 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 南京鋼鐵股份有限公司 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Nanjing Steel and Iron, Company Limited by Shares | ||||||
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Chinese short name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 南钢股份 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 南鋼股份 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Nansteel Share | ||||||
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Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement[1] |
Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (abb. NISCO) is a publicly traded steel maker based in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The parent company of NISCO is Nanjing Nangang Iron and Steel United Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 南京南钢钢铁联合有限公司), a joint venture of Hong Kong listed company Fosun International (the stake was jointly held by Fosun International and its subsidiaries) and Chinese state-owned enterprise Nanjing Iron and Steel Group in a 60–40 ratio.
NISCO involves the pressing and smelting of ferrous metals and sales of steel materials.[2]
NISCO was a constituent of small cap SSE 380 Index from December 2015[3] to December 2017.[4]
According to World Steel Association (Chinese companies data was provided by China Iron and Steel Association), the corporation was ranked the 45th in 2015 the world ranking by production volume (8.590 million metric tons).[5]
The steel plant in Nanjing was founded in 1958. In 1999 Nanjing Iron and Steel Group spin-off some of the assembly line of the steel plant, incorporating Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (NISCO).
The company became a publicly traded company in 2000 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, despite the parent company still owned 70.95% shares. However, after several disinvestment, it no longer the controlling shareholder of the listed company. Instead, the controlling shareholder was replaced by joint ventures of Nanjing Iron and Steel Group in 2003 and again in 2009 under another legal person. The direct parent company also received the unlisted steel manufacturing assets from Nanjing Iron and Steel Group.
In 2010, NISCO acquired some assets (themselves were incorporated as 南京南钢产业发展有限公司, in short 南钢发展) from the direct parent company, Nangang United, as those businesses were classified as related parties but the listed company had business relation with them.[6] NISCO paid the direct parent company in an all-share deal for CN¥9.1 billion nominal value,[7] making Nangang United owned 83.78% shares of the listed company.[8]
According to the public filings, after the acquisition, As of 31 December 2014[update], the listed company had a total assets (in consolidated financial statement) of CN¥39.538 billion,[9] comparing to parent company Nangang United's CN¥41.273 billion.[10] The net assets (excluding minority interests) were CN¥8.558 billion and CN¥8.344 billion respectively.
NISCO also had a long business partnership with Hong Kong listed company Prosperity International[11] The shares were sold back to Wong for US$50 million plus interests, as the initial public offering of All Wealthy Capital had failed, trigging the initial purchase condition. Since December 2014, Prosperity International became a related parties of NISCO, as Nanjing Iron and Steel Group owned more than 10% shares of Prosperity International.
for trading iron ore. In 2011, NISCO acquired 10% shares of a company, All Wealthy Capital, from the chairman of Prosperity International, Wong Ben Koon , for US$50 million.Circa 2016, NISCO signed an agreement with banks for debt-to-equity swap.[12] The capital increase of the subsidiary 南钢发展 by the bank and other parties, was completed in 2017.[1] In the same year NISCO also issued CN¥1.788 billion new shares via private placement.[1]