Liaoning Magnesite Company is a ma-jor company producing and marketing vari-ous kinds of magnesia-based refractoriesand is affiliated directly to the Ministry ofMetallurgical Industry of China.The company was founded in April,1980 by a merging of the original DashiqiaoMagnesite Mine,Haicheng Magnesite Mineof the Anshan Iron and Steel Company,andYingkou Magnesite Mine.