Meishan Iron & Steel The steel plant at , in
Yuhuatai District,
Nanjing was founded in 1969 by the Shanghai Government. The mine became a quasi-
exclave of Shanghai. In 1984, the steel plant and related industries became
Shanghai Meishan Metallurgical Corporation (). The company was registered in the Government of Nanjing in 1990. In 1994, a new holding company was formed for Meishan Group, which the mine was spin-off from Meishan Metallurgical Corporation in 1995, while the iron and steel company became
Shanghai Meishan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (). The company became a subsidiary of
Baosteel Group in 1998. The company was re-incorporated in 2001 () by debt-to-equity swap. In 2004, Baosteel Group floated Meishan Iron & Steel at
Shanghai Stock Exchange by selling 74.01% shares of Meishan Iron & Steel to its listed subsidiary
Baoshan Iron and Steel, for a valuation of ( total value times 74.01% shares). The deal was completed in 2005. In 2008, Meishan Iron & Steel signed a contract with
Praxair to build two more new air separation plants in Meishan. In 2018, it was announced that the steel plant of the company would be relocated to
Yancheng,
Jiangsu Province in the 2020s.
Former Shanghai Meishan Group "Shanghai Meishan (Group) Co., Ltd." () was the holding company of Meishan Iron & Steel and other subsidiaries. It was founded in 1994. The assets of Meishan Group were absorbed by "Baosteel Group Shanghai Meishan Co., Ltd." () some time later. After the partial demerger in 2004, Baosteel Group Shanghai Meishan Ltd. still owned Shanghai Meishan Mining (, incorporated in 1995) the mining company in the unlisted portion of the conglomerate. The company became part of "Nanjing Meishan Metallurgical Development" (), a subsidiary of "Baosteel Group Shanghai Meishan Co., Ltd." in 2010. As of 31 December 2015, "Baosteel Group Shanghai Meishan Co., Ltd." had net assets of just , much smaller in size than its sister company Meishan Iron and Steel. ==Shareholders==