8-K 1 v209755_8k.htm Unassociated Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 8-K
 

 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 31, 2011
 

 
General Steel Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 
         
Nevada
 
001-33717
 
41-2079252
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

Room 2315, Kun Tai International Mansion Building, Yi No 12, Chaoyangmenwai Ave.,
Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
+ 86 (10) 58797346
 
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 

 
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ITEM 8.01
 OTHER EVENTS.

 
On January 31, 2011, General Steel Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will test run two newly constructed 1,280 cubic meter blast furnaces, two 120 metric ton converters and one 400 square meter sintering machine at its Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. facilities, a joint venture with Shaanxi Longmen Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd.  The Company will have the opportunity to sell and collect revenue from the crude steel produced during the test run of the new equipment.  At their designed efficiency levels, the new equipment has the potential to increase production capacity for the Company by three million metric tons of crude steel per year.
 
The construction of the new equipment was funded by the Shaanxi Iron and Steel Group (“Shaanxi Group”). The Company is currently in negotiations with Shaanxi Group to enter into a lease agreement whereby the Company will lease the new equipment. During this test run period, the Company will be able to use the equipment to produce and deliver products to its customers. It is anticipated that this test run period will continue until a lease agreement between Shaanxi Group and the Company is finalized.

The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated into this Item 8.01 by reference.

 
ITEM 9.01
 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
(d) Exhibits.
 
     
Exhibit No.
  
Description
   
99.1
  
Press Release issued on January 31, 2011

Forward-Looking Statements

This filing contains statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Such forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance.  Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties, certain assumptions and factors relating to the operations and business environments of General Steel Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries that may cause the actual results of the companies to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.  Although General Steel Holdings, Inc. believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable based on information currently available to its management, General Steel Holdings, Inc. cannot guarantee future results or events.  General Steel Holdings, Inc. expressly disclaims a duty to update any of the forward-looking statement.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
     
General Steel Holdings, Inc.
   
By:
 
/s/ John Chen
Name:
 
John Chen
Title:
 
Chief Financial Officer
     
 
Dated: February 1, 2011