Tongda Iron Separation: Benxi Manchu Autonomous County Tongda Iron Separation Co.,Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fangda Special Steel Technology Co., Ltd. The company is located in Yanzigou Village, Senior official Town, Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, covering an area of 13.66km², with 243 employees, including 2 full-time safety management personnel and 10 professional and technical personnel. There is a mine and seven systems have been put into operation, including a mining area I system, a mining area II system, Zone II Gouzi Valley, Zone III Gouxi Valley, Zone III Huli Valley, Zone III Nianpan Valley, Zone5 Iron mine areas a total of 13 wellheads. The company has obtained the safety production license procedures. The ore production scale is 1.45 million tons/year, the company has an iron concentration plant. At present, the mining method of iron ore has been transferred to underground mining, with the production capacity of 50 tons of iron concentrate powder per year. The main suppliers are Benxi Steel Plate and Xinfu Steel.
Tongda Iron Separation has always been adhering to the business philosophy of Fang Wei, chairman of the Board of Directors of Fang Da Group, that "the operation of enterprises must be beneficial to the nation, the enterprise and the employees". A total of 910 million RMB in taxes has been paid since the system was changed in 2010, which has made an important contribution to local economic development. Due to the strong support from governments at all levels, the company has gradually grown bigger and stronger in the past 11 years. In terms of salary and welfare, the company has greatly increased the salary level of employees, and provided mobile phones to every employee, reimbursed monthly telephone fee, proved free lunch for employees, reimbursed heating fee, issued transportation subsidy. On the premise of paying five insurances and one housing fund for employees, full subsidy will be given to the out-of-pocket portion of hospitalization expenses reimbursed by medical insurance for their spouse, child, parent. The company was well received locally.