Abakhiqizi bensimbi yensimbi yaseChina i-Ansteel Group neBen Gung baqala ngokusemthethweni inqubo yokuhlanganisa amabhizinisi abo ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule (Agasti 20). Ngemuva kwalokhu kuhlanganiswa, kuzoba ngumkhiqizi wensimbi wesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni.

I-AnSteel ephethwe nguhulumeni ithatha ama-51% esigxotsheni eBen GAV Ground kusuka kumlawuli wombuso wesifunda. Kuzoba yingxenye yohlelo lukahulumeni lokwakha kabusha ukuhlanganisa ukukhiqizwa emkhakheni wensimbi.

I-AnSteel izoba nekhono lokukhiqiza lonyaka lensimbi evuthiwe yamathani ayizigidi ezingama-63 ngemuva kwenhlanganisela yokusebenza kwesifundazwe saseNortheast China.

I-AnSteel izothatha isikhundla sikaHbis futhi ibe ngumthengisi we-sitemaker wesibili ngobukhulu besibili, futhi izoba ngumenzi wesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni ngemuva kweqembu laseChina Baiowe kanye ne-arcelurmittal.