On April 6, the blast furnace No. 6 of Guangdong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shaoguan Iron and Steel Co. (Shaogang), was successfully ignited, as announced by
China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) on April 8. The blast furnace No. 6 is a 1,050 cubic meter blast furnace. Construction of the blast furnace, which was carried out by MCC subsidiary
China First Metallurgical Group Co., had commenced on November 25, 2014.