Wǔgāng shì Zhōngguó zǎoqī de zhòngyào gāngtiě qǐyè.
WISCO was one of China's major early steel enterprises.
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history
Founded 1958 in Wuhan, one of the 'Big Three' PRC steel giants along with 鞍钢 (Angang) and 首钢 (Shougang). Merged with 宝钢 in 2016 to form 中国宝武钢铁集团 (China Baowu Steel Group), now the world's largest steelmaker.
usage
武钢 is the standard abbreviation of 武汉钢铁, taking one character from each half of the name; WISCO is the matching English acronym.
