TISCO's innovation powering space, nuclear programs and boosting exports

If you see Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co's recently attained capability to make domestic pen-tip steel for ballpoint pens as a sign of an exclusive focus on small things, you will be mistaken. The nation's top maker of stainless steel has decidedly big plans.

For one, TISCO is going global in line with the Belt and Road Initiative. For another, it is strengthening the supply of high-strength and high-end steel available for China's big-ticket projects, such as bullet trains, next-generation nuclear power plants and aerospace programs.