[Ferro-Alloys.com] 

  At noon on February 1, Yunnan Coal Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Yunnan coal energy", 600792) announced that on the same day, Yunnan Provincial People's government signed a cooperation agreement with China Baowu Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Baowu"), a central iron and steel enterprise. According to the cooperation agreement, the two sides will hold 10 shares of Kunming Iron and steel Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kunming Iron and steel holding") as Yunnan side and China Baowu holds 90% of the shares of Kunming Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. to deepen cooperation.

  According to the announcement, on February 1, the state-owned assets supervision and Administration Commission of Yunnan  Province, China Baowu and Kunming Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. signed an entrustment management agreement. All parties unanimously confirmed that the signing of the entrustment management agreement is only an arrangement to ensure the stability of operation and management during the transitional period. Before the anti-monopoly examination and approval, the relevant management behaviors that are considered to constitute the concentration of operators will not be implemented.

  After the completion of Kunming Steel holding, the SASAC of Yunnan Province and China Baowu will sign a free transfer agreement after performing their respective approval procedures, and the SASAC of Yunnan Province will transfer 90% of the equity of Kunming Steel holding to China Baowu free of charge.

  Kunming Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. was founded in February 1939, formerly known as China electric steel plant and Yunnan iron and steel plant. Kunming Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. mainly deals in iron ore, coal and coke, cement and building materials, logistics, trade, power and energy, heavy equipment manufacturing, new materials and other modern service industries.

• [Editor:Catherine Ren]