On the morning of July 6th, Song Zhishun, Chairman of Shandong Province Metallurgical Engineering Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SDM"), met with Yao Fei, Chairman of Hebei Taihang Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd., and his delegation who came to the company for research.

Hebei Taihan Iron and Steel Group, which includes two bases in Wu'an and Yangzhou, is a large-scale comprehensive enterprise primarily engaged in steel production. It has collaborated with SDM on multiple projects with a contract value of nearly 600 million yuan. The two parties have enjoyed a deep mutual trust and friendship for over a decade, making Hebei Taihan Iron and Steel Group a key and high-quality partner of SDM in the industry.

During the meeting, Chairman Song extended a warm welcome to Mr. Yao for his visit and expressed gratitude to Taihang Steel Group for their trust in SDM over the years. Chairman Song provided a detailed introduction to the company's latest technological advancements and current overall operational status. He stated that SDM has always adhered to technological innovation as a driving force for development. In recent years, the company has achieved phased results in product research and development, including Hismelt and large blast furnaces, as well as intelligent upgrades, with operational indicators continuing to improve. He hoped that both parties could leverage this exchange as an opportunity to explore new possibilities for cooperation in areas such as technological complementarity and business synergy, to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

Mr. Yao first expressed his gratitude to Chairman Song for his warm reception. He said that his visit to SDM was deeply heartwarming and that he fully felt the long-standing deep friendship between the two parties. Mr. Yao then introduced the recent development, business layout, and future strategic direction of Taihang Steel Group, and said that SDM's deep cultivation and breakthroughs in the technology field were impressive and in line with the group's development needs for green metallurgical transformation. The cooperation between the two parties has broad prospects, and he welcomed your company to continue to contribute to the high-quality development of Taihang Steel Group.

This high-level meeting deepened mutual trust and friendship between the two parties, laying a solid foundation for their subsequent new cooperation and enhancing market competitiveness through a powerful alliance. Liu Hongjun, Deputy General Manager of SDM Design, Ma Jian, Vice President, Jiang Shuguang, as well as the heads of the Hydrogen Metallurgy Business Department, Ironmaking Business Department, and Hot Blast Stove Branch, participated in the meeting.