Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-based Chinese steelmaker Liuzhou Iron and Steel Co. (Liuzhou Steel) has announced that for the first half of this year it has registered an operating revenue of RMB 22.583 billion ($3.3 billion), up 18.27 percent year on year, while it posted a net profit of RMB 2.041 billion ($0.30 billion), up 415.8 percent year on year.