| Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group | |
| Type: | state-owned enterprise |
| Industry: | Iron and steel manufacturing |
| Hq Location City: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang |
| Hq Location Country: | China |
| Area Served: | China |
| Revenue Year: | 2015 |
| Income Year: | 2015 |
| Net Income Year: | 2015 |
| Assets Year: | 2015 |
| Equity Year: | 2015 |
| Parent: | China Baowu Steel Group |
| Subsid: | Ba Yi Iron and Steel (50.02%) |
| Website: | bygt.com.cn |
| Footnotes: | in a consolidated basis[1] |
| Ba Yi Iron and Steel | |
| Type: | public |
| Industry: | Iron and steel manufacturing |
| Hq Location City: | Ürümqi, Xinjiang |
| Hq Location Country: | China |
| Area Served: | China |
| Revenue Year: | 2015 |
| Income Year: | 2015 |
| Net Income Year: | 2015 |
| Assets Year: | 2015 |
| Equity Year: | 2015 |
| Owner: | Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group (50.02%) |
| Parent: | Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group |
| Footnotes: | in a consolidated basis[2] |
| Baosteel Group Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. | |
| S: | 宝钢集团新疆八一钢铁有限公司 |
| T: | 寶鋼集團新疆八一鋼鐵有限公司 |
| P: | Bǎogāng Jítuán Xīnjiāng bāyī gāngtiě yǒuxiàn gōngsī |
| L: | Baosteel Group Xinjiang August 1 Steel and Iron Limited [Liability] Company |
| Order: | st |
| Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. | |
| S: | 新疆八一钢铁股份有限公司 |
| T: | 新疆八一鋼鐵股份有限公司 |
| P: | Xīnjiāng bāyī gāngtiě gǔfèn yǒuxiàn gōngsī |
| L: | Xinjiang August 1 Steel and Iron, Company Limited by Shares |
| Order: | st |
Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. known as Ba Yi Iron & Steel or 8 1 Iron & Steel or August 1 Iron & Steel or BYIS or Bagang or Basteel, is a Chinese steel maker based in Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The company was a second-tier subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, via Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group (now known as "Baosteel Steel Group Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd."). The rest of the shares of the company float in Shanghai Stock Exchange. Xinjiang government is the minority shareholder of the holding company: Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group.
The steel plant in Ürümqi was founded in 1951[3] by the People's Liberation Army (PLA). It was named "8 1" based on the date of the establishment of PLA on 1 August 1927. It was one of the 18 small-sized steel plants established in 18 provinces of China.[4] Ba Yi Iron and Steel was one of the 512 important state-owned enterprises in 1997. (1 of 47 iron and steel industry)[5]
It became a limited company after the marketization of China. A subsidiary was incorporated in 2000 to float the main steel manufacturing business in the stock exchange.
In 2007 Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group was renamed from "Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd." to "Baosteel Group Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd." . Baosteel Group acquired 69.56% stake of the company by injecting new share capital into the group (for), diluting the stake of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the People's Government of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to 15%. Xinjiang SASAC also transferred their stake to their wholly owned subsidiary "Xinjiang Investment Development (Group) Co., Ltd." in the same year. In 2014 Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group was recapitalized again. The other shareholders of the group was China Huarong Asset Management for 7.95% stake and "Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd." for 0.12% stake.
Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 2000. In 2002 the shares were floated in Shanghai Stock Exchange.