Ouyeel, an online steel transaction platform established by Shanghai-based state-owned China Baowu Steel Group Corp., Ltd., has raised over RMB1 billion (US$140 million) in a new funding round from Chinese investors.
Major Chinese steel companies including Liaoning province-based Benxi Steel Group Corp., Beijing Shougang Fund Investment Company, a unit of Shougang Group, as well as Global Logistic Properties Ltd., CCB Trust Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Shagang Group Company Ltd. and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. participated in the round.
China is the world's largest steel producer and consumer, accounting for around half of the world's total production. China will produce 825 million metric tons of crude steel in 2018, and consume 87% of this production total inside its own boarders, according to BMI Research.
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