Nangang was founded in 1958 and restructured into Nanjing Iron & Steel Group Co.,Ltd.  by Nanjing Iron & Steel Plant in July 1996.  Then, Nanjing Iron & Steel Group was organized with Nanjing Iron & Steel Group Co.,Ltd.  at the core.  In Sep. 2000, "Nangang Stock" was successfully listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange.  In 2003, Nangang Group Co.,Ltd.  put through "3-linkage" reform, which made this state-owned enterprise into a non-state controlling shareholding enterprise and contributed to the establishment of Nanjing Iron & Steel United Co.,Ltd.,  a joint venture co-funded by Shanghai Fosun High-tech Group Co.,Ltd.  and other two enterprises, so as to realize the fundamental transformation of enterprise operational mechanism.  In 2005, Nangang Group broke through 28.5 billion Yuan in sales revenue. 

Nangang Group has two production zones: new zone and old zone.  The main equipment in the new zone include two 55-hole coke ovens, one 60-hole coke oven, one 180sqm sintering machine, one 360sqm sintering machine, one 2,000cu.m.  blast furnace, one 2,550cu.m.  blast furnace, two 150T converters, two slab continuous casters and one wide plate/coil rolling mills.  Among them, the Wide Plate/Coil production line has reached the advanced world level in equipment and products.  The old zone is equipped with one long production line and one short production line.  Moreover, Wuxi Jinxin Steel Rolling Co.,Ltd.,  the subsidiary of this group, has a production line to produce flat bulb steel for ship-building purpose.  Currently, the annual overall productivity of Nangang Group reaches 6.5 million tons, with the main products listed below: wide plate/roll, wide plate, rod, high-speed wire rod, hot rolled strip, hot rolled sheet steel, flat bulb steel and etc..

Nangang attaches great importance to the advance of science and technology that it initiates a lot of advanced technology and furnishment from home and abroad to develop new products continually.  With a complete quality control system, Nangang has passed ISO9001:2000 certification.  Owing to their excellent quality, all of the main products of Nangang stand out from nationwide metallurgical products and have been given the "Golden Cup Award" while being selected as famous-brand products of municipal and provincial level.  Worth mentioning, the medium plate for marine purpose took the lead in China to obtain the classification society certificates held by 9 countries.  On the other hand, Nangang gives weight to industrial safety and environment protection.  Till now, it has passed Occupational Health & Safety Management System (OHSMS) Certification and ISO14001 EMS Certification.  Advocating quality service, Nangang has been entitled "National Outstanding Enterprise in Quality and Efficiency" and "National User Friendly Enterprise" in succession. 

In the following days, Nangang will strive to further extend its industrial scale and enhance its core competitiveness to stride onto a higher development platform through further increasing the investment and quickening the development.  Looking into the near future, Nangang shall become a domestic-leading and world-renowned extra large united iron & steel enterprise noteworthy for its strong competitiveness and profitability, first-class management and beautiful environment. 

Nangang will go all out to provide high quality products services for customers both at home and abroad, and hope to seek mutual development by strengthening the multifaceted and multilayered cooperation.