China Steel Corporation (CSC; ) is the largest integrated steel maker in

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. Its main

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is located in

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. 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 23rd largest steel producer in the world in 2016.Top Steel Producers 2006
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History

China Steel was planned and organized in 1960s and the corporation was officially established on December 3, 1971. Its adoption of the continuous casting production process, which was later computerized, obtained for the company international competitiveness. On November 1, 1974, CSC began the first stage of construction. Its head office was located in

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between 1971 and 1975, but translocated to Kaohsiung since September 15, 1975. The first

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was launched on 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

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on July 1, 1977 and subsequently re-privatized on April 12, 1995. Although CSC is a ''de jure'' non-governmental company at present, the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) still owns a large portion of its

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s, thus the chairman of the company is appointed by the government.

Carbon footprint

China Steel reported Total CO2e emissions (Direct + Indirect) for the twelve months ending 31 December 2020 at 19,579 Kt (-1,954 /-9.1% y-o-y).Alt URL
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