GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS INC - FORM 10-Q

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number 001-33717

General Steel Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada		41-2079252
(State or other Jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)

Suite 2315, Kuntai International Mansion Building,

Yi No. 12, Chaoyangmenwai Ave.

Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100020

(Address of Principal Executive Office, Including Zip Code)

+86(10)58797346

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ¨

Accelerated filer x

Non-accelerated filer ¨

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

As of May 9, 2011, 55,080,467 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were issued and outstanding.

Table of Contents

		Page
Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements.	3

	Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2010.	3

	Consolidated Statements of Operation and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited).	4

	Consolidated Statements of Changes In Equity (Unaudited).	5

	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 (Unaudited).	6

	Notes to Consolidate Financial Statements (Unaudited).	7

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.	39

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.	54

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures.	54

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings.	55

Item 1A.	Risk Factors.	55

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.	55

Item 6.	Exhibits.	55

Signatures		57

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2011 AND DECEMBER 31, 2010

(In thousands, except per share data)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2011			2010
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS

CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash	$	89,310		$	65,271
Restricted cash		202,976			197,797
Notes receivable		117,804			49,147
Restricted notes receivable		322,814			240,298
Accounts receivable, net		24,947			17,591
Other receivables, net		8,853			11,150
Other receivables - related parties		35,255			17,428
Inventories		521,066			475,879
Advances on inventory purchase		32,129			24,577
Advances on inventory purchase - related parties		9,353			6,187
Prepaid expense		3,237			5,018
Prepaid value added tax		21,214			37,323
Deferred tax assets		6,304			6,925
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS		1,395,262			1,154,591

PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, net		607,195			602,612

OTHER ASSETS:
Advances on equipment purchase		15,137			14,898
Investment in unconsolidated subsidiaries		19,172			17,456
Long-term deferred expense		1,377			1,439
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization		23,729			23,672
TOTAL OTHER ASSETS		59,415			57,465

TOTAL ASSETS	$	2,061,872		$	1,814,668

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Short term notes payable	$	556,812		$	480,152
Accounts payable		269,719			241,367
Accounts payable - related parties		115,010			77,285
Short term loans - bank		311,020			285,198
Short term loans - others		81,502			89,765
Short term loans - related parties		114,845			114,468
Other payables and accrued liabilities		38,459			30,093
Other payable - related parties		3,502			18,214
Customer deposit		291,481			187,495
Customer deposit - related parties		67,029			60,760
Deposit due to sales representatives		28,416			52,079
Taxes payable		4,932			2,316
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES		1,882,727			1,639,192

DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES		2,022			5,573

TOTAL LIABILITIES		1,884,749			1,644,765

COMMITMENT AND CONTINGENCIES

EQUITY:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 3,092,899 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010		3			3
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000,000 shares authorized, 55,080,467 and 54,839,733 issued, 54,366,807 and 54,522,973 outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively		55			55
Treasury stock, $0.001 par value, 713,660 and 316,760 shares as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.		(1,998	)		(871	)
Paid-in-capital		105,619			104,971
Statutory reserves		6,246			6,202
Accumulated deficits		(21,482	)		(24,086	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		14,295			12,712
TOTAL SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY		102,738			98,986

NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS		74,385			70,917

TOTAL EQUITY		177,123			169,903

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	2,061,872		$	1,814,668

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATION AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	2011			2010
SALES	$	501,479		$	317,628

SALES - RELATED PARTIES		208,985			135,395
TOTAL SALES		710,464			453,023

COST OF GOODS SOLD		481,487			317,576

COST OF GOODS SOLD - RELATED PARTIES		200,653			129,714
TOTAL COST OF GOODS SOLD		682,140			447,290

GROSS PROFIT		28,324			5,733

SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES		14,501			12,141

INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS		13,823			(6,408	)

OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest income		1,063			1,120
Finance/interest expense		(14,119	)		(10,963	)
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities		3,552			3,939
Loss on disposal of fixed assets		(397	)		-
Income from equity investments		1,655			1,682
Foreign currency transaction gain		619			-
Other non-operating income (expense), net		306			(4	)
Total other expense, net		(7,321	)		(4,226	)

INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES AND NONCONTROLLING INTEREST		6,502			(10,634	)

PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
Current		750			621
Deferred		(77	)		(2,588	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes		673			(1,967	)

NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST		5,829			(8,667	)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest		3,225			(3,160	)

NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTEREST		2,604			(5,507	)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
Foreign currency translation adjustments		1,583			(299	)
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest		243			165

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)	$	4,430		$	(5,641	)

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES
Basic & Diluted		54,839,733			51,652,843

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic & Diluted	$	0.05		$	(0.11	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Preferred stock				Common stock						Treasury stock							Retained earnings / Accumulated deficits					Accumulated other
																Paid-in		Statutory					comprehensive			Noncontrolling
	Shares		Par value		Shares			Par value			Shares		Value			capital		reserves		Unrestricted			income			interest			Totals

BALANCE, December 31, 2009		3,092,899	$	3		51,618,595		$	52			-		-		$	95,589	$	6,162	$	(16,411	)	$	8,336		$	72,598		$	166,329

Net loss attributable to controlling interest																					(5,507	)								(5,507	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest																											(3,160	)		(3,160	)
Distribution of dividend to noncontrolling shareholders																											(1,045	)		(1,045	)
Noncontrolling interest acquired																											(1,270	)		(1,270	)
Common stock issued for compensation						237,100			0.24								927													927
Common stock transferred by CEO for compensation, $6.91																	69													69
Foreign currency translation adjustments																								(299	)		165			(134	)

BALANCE, March 31, 2010 (Unaudited)		3,092,899		3		51,855,695			52			-		-			96,585		6,162		(21,918	)		8,037			67,288			156,209

Net loss attributable to controlling interest																					(2,168	)								(2,168	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest																											3,348			3,348
Distribution of dividend to noncontrolling shareholders																											(2,889	)		(2,889	)
Noncontrolling interest acquired																											-			-
Registered capital received from noncontrolling shareholders																											1,182			1,182
Adjustment to special reserve																			40								354			394
Common stock issued for compensation						496,200			0.50								1,274													1,275
Common stock issued for repayment of debt						928,163			0.93								2,403													2,404
Common stock transferred by CEO for compensation																	207													207
Notes converted to common stock						1,208,791			1.21								3,544													3,545
Make whole shares issued on notes conversion						271,507			0.27								741													741
Common stock issued for accrued interest on notes						79,377			0.08								217													217
Treasury stock purchased						(316,760	)		(0.32	)		316,760		(871	)															(871	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments																								4,675			1,634			6,309

BALANCE, December 31, 2010		3,092,899	$	3		54,522,973		$	55			316,760	$	(871	)	$	104,971	$	6,202	$	(24,086	)	$	12,712		$	70,917		$	169,903

Net income attributable to controlling interest																					2,604									2,604
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest																											3,225			3,225
Common stock issued for compensation						240,734			0.24								579													579
Common stock transferred by CEO for compensation																	69													69
Treasury stock purchased						(396,900	)		(0.40	)		396,900		(1,127	)															(1,127	)
Adjustment to special reserve																			44											44
Foreign currency translation adjustments																								1,583			243			1,826
																														-

BALANCE, March 31, 2011 (Unaudited)		3,092,899	$	3		54,366,807		$	55			713,660	$	(1,998	)	$	105,619	$	6,246	$	(21,482	)	$	14,295		$	74,385		$	177,123

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2011 AND 2010

(UNAUDITED)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Three months ended March 31,
	2011			2010
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling interest	$	2,604		$	(5,507	)
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest		3,225			(3,160	)
Consolidated net income (loss)		5,829			(8,667	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		8,922			9,586
Bad debt recovery (allowance)		5			(94	)
Inventory written-off		1,947			-
Loss on disposal of equipment		397			-
Stock issued for services and compensation		647			996
Amortization of deferred note issuance cost and discount on convertible notes		-			68
Change in fair value of derivative instrument		(3,552	)		(3,939	)
Income from investment		(1,655	)		(1,682	)
Deferred tax assets		693			(2,484	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Notes receivable		(68,315	)		4,760
Accounts receivable		(7,269	)		(13,556	)
Accounts receivable - related parties		-			(4,750	)
Other receivables		3,686			256
Other receivables - related parties		(15,701	)		(389	)
Inventories		(43,694	)		(36,689	)
Advances on inventory purchases		(7,451	)		(5,945	)
Advances on inventory purchases - related parties		(3,137	)		(44,257	)
Accounts payable		27,484			1,556
Accounts payable - related parties		37,367			8,699
Other payables and accrued liabilities		8,246			(3,502	)
Other payables - related parties		(14,732	)		17,291
Customer deposits		103,096			14,521
Customer deposits - related parties		3,028			36,280
Taxes payable		18,791			9,978
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		54,632			(21,963	)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Payments made for treasury stock acquired		(1,128	)		-
Dividend receivable		-			(1,554	)
Deposits due to sales representatives		(23,771	)		16,894
Cash proceeds from sales of equipment		328			-
Advance on equipment purchases		(190	)		(4,664	)
Equipments purchase and intangible assets		(10,912	)		(6,816	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities		(35,673	)		3,860

CASH FLOWS FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Restricted cash		(4,516	)		(34,660	)
Notes receivable - restricted		(81,509	)		(24,216	)
Borrowings on short term loans - bank		85,312			95,015
Payments on short term loans - bank		(60,495	)		(69,336	)
Borrowings on short term loan - others		36,128			27,945
Payments on short term loans - others		(44,664	)		(24,954	)
Payments on short term loans - related parties		-			(11,747	)
Borrowings on short term notes payable		243,985			251,725
Payments on short term notes payable		(169,105	)		(182,369	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		5,136			27,403

EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGE IN CASH		(56	)		(386	)

INCREASE IN CASH		24,039			8,914

CASH, beginning of period		65,271			82,118

CASH, end of period	$	89,310		$	91,032

Non-cash transactions of investing and financing activities:
Share issuance for debt settlement	$	-		$	82,118

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited consolidated financial statements.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 1 – Background

General Steel Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on August 5, 2002 in the state of Nevada. The Company through its 100% owned subsidiary, General Steel Investment, operates a portfolio of steel companies serving various industries in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”). The Company’s main operation is manufacturing and sales of steel products such as steel rebar, hot-rolled carbon and silicon sheets and spiral-weld pipes.

Recent developments

On April 29, 2011, the Company and its subsidiary – Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. (“Longmen Joint Venture”) have signed a 20-year unified management agreement with Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. ("Shaanxi Coal") and Shaanxi Iron and Steel Group (“Shaanxi Steel Group”). Under terms of the agreement, Longmen Joint Venture will provide daily management of operations and operate production equipment constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group at a facility owned by Longmen Joint Venture in Hancheng Shaanxi province, China. For the first two years under the agreement Longmen Joint Venture will receive 60% of the pre-tax profit on the sale of products manufactured at the Longmen Joint Venture facility, with the remaining 40% distributed to Shaanxi Steel Group. Profit distributed to Shaanxi Steel Group will be classified as an operating expense on the Company's consolidated statements of operations. See Note 21 for details.

Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies

Basis of presentation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company reflect the activities of the following directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries:

Subsidiary		Percentage of Ownership
General Steel Investment Co., Ltd.	British Virgin Islands		100.0	%
General Steel (China) Co., Ltd. (“General Steel (China)”)	PRC		100.0	%
Baotou Steel – General Steel Special Steel Pipe Joint Venture Co., Ltd.	PRC		80.0	%
Yangpu Shengtong Investment Co., Ltd.	PRC		99.1	%
Qiu Steel Investment Co., Ltd. (“Qiu Steel”)	PRC		98.7	%
Longmen Joint Venture	PRC		60.0	%
Maoming Hengda Steel Company, Ltd. (“Maoming Hengda”)	PRC		99.0	%
Tianwu General Steel Material Trading Co., Ltd (“Tianwu Joint Venture”)	PRC		60.0	%

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and include the accounts of all directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries listed above. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Management has included all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary to give a fair presentation of operating results for the periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with information included in the 2010 annual report filed on Form 10-K.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s financial statements include the fair value of financial instruments, the useful lives of and impairment for property, plant and equipment, trial production cost for two blast furnaces owned by Shaanxi Steel Group and potential losses on uncollectible receivables. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Concentration of risks

The Company’s operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC’s economy. The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

Cash includes demand deposits in accounts maintained with banks within the PRC, Hong Kong and the United States. Total cash (including restricted cash balances) in these banks on March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 amounted to $292.3 million and $263.1 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2011, $0.1 million cash in the bank was covered by insurance. The Company has not experienced any losses in other bank accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks on its cash in bank accounts.

The Company’s five major customers are all distributors and collectively represented approximately 32.3% and 31.0% of the Company’s total sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 respectively, including one customer accounted for 16.9% and 9.0% of total sales for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010. These five major customers accounted for 7.5% and 0% of total accounts receivable as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company purchased approximately 60.3% and 47.5% of its raw materials from five major suppliers, respectively. Three out of the five major suppliers individually accounted for more than 10% of the total purchase for the three-month ended March 31, 2011, comparatively, two of the five major suppliers accounted for more than 10% of the total purchase for the three-month ended March 31, 2010. These five vendors accounted for 39.2% and 9.0% of total accounts payable as of March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Revenue recognition

Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, the Company has no other significant obligations and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are recorded as customer deposits. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added tax (VAT). All of the Company’s products sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese value-added tax at a rate of 13% or 17% of the gross sales price. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing the finished product.

Foreign currency translation and other comprehensive income

The reporting currency of the Company is the US dollar. The Company’s subsidiaries in China use the local currency, Renminbi (RMB), as their functional currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the unified exchange rate as quoted by the People’s Bank of China at the end of the period. Translation adjustments resulting from this process are included in accumulated other comprehensive income in the statement of equity. Transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

Translation adjustments included in accumulated other comprehensive income amounted to $14.3 million and $12.7 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The balance sheet amounts, with the exception of equity at March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were translated at 6.57 RMB and 6.59 RMB to $1.00, respectively. The equity accounts were stated at their historical rate. The average translation rates applied to statement of operations accounts for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 were 6.59 RMB and 6.82 RMB, respectively. Cash flows are also translated at average translation rates for the periods, therefore, amounts reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the consolidated balance sheet.

The PRC government imposes significant exchange restrictions on fund transfers out of the PRC that are not related to business operations. These restrictions have not had a material impact on the Company because it has not engaged in any significant transactions that are subject to the restrictions.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Financial instruments

The accounting standards regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurements defines financial instruments and requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. The Company considers the carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, to approximate their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization. For short term loans and notes payable, the Company concluded the carrying values are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination and repayment and their stated interest rate approximates current rates available.

The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity, pursuant to which the Company’s warrants were required to be recorded as a liability at fair value and marked to market each reporting period.

The accounting standards define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhance disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follow:

Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.

Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

In December 2007, the Company issued convertible notes totaling $40 million (“Notes”) and 1,154,958 warrants. In December 2009, the Company issued 2,777,778 warrants in connection with a registered direct offering. The aforementioned warrants and the conversion option embedded in the Notes meet the definition of a derivative instrument in the accounting standards. Therefore these instruments are accounted for as derivative liabilities and recorded at fair value on each reporting period. The change in the value of the derivative liabilities is charged against or credited to income. The fair value was determined using the Cox Rubenstein Binomial Model, defined in the accounting standard as level 2 inputs, and recorded the change in earnings. As a result, the derivative liabilities are carried on the consolidated balance sheet at their fair value.

(in thousands)

Carrying Value

as of March 31,

2011

Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2011

Using Fair Value Hierarchy

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Derivative liabilities (Unaudited)

2,022

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Except for the derivative liabilities, the Company did not identify any other assets or liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value in accordance with the accounting standard.

Cash

Cash includes cash on hand and demand deposits in banks with original maturities of less than three months.

Restricted cash

The Company has notes payable outstanding with various banks and is required to keep certain amounts on deposit that are subject to withdrawal restrictions. The notes payable are generally short term in nature due to its maturity period of six months or less, thus restricted cash is classified as a current asset.

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts

Accounts receivable include trade accounts due from customers and other receivables from cash advances to employees, related parties or third parties. An allowance for doubtful accounts is established and recorded based on managements’ assessment of potential losses based on the credit history and relationships with the customers. Management reviews its receivable on a regular basis to determine if the bad debt allowance is adequate, and adjusts the allowance when necessary. Delinquent account balances are written-off against allowance for doubtful accounts after management has determined that the likelihood of collection is not probable.

Notes receivable

Notes receivable represents trade accounts receivable due from various customers where the customers’ banks have guaranteed the payment. The notes are non-interest bearing and normally paid within three to six months. The Company has the ability to submit requests for payment to the customer’s bank earlier than the scheduled payment date, but will incur an interest charge and a processing fee. The Company had $440.6 million and $289.4 million notes receivable outstanding as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Restricted notes receivable represents notes receivable pledged as collateral for short-term loans and short-term notes payable issued by banks. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, restricted notes receivable amounted to $322.8 million and $240.3, respectively.

Advances on inventory purchase

Advances on inventory purchases are monies deposited or advanced to outside vendors or related parties on future inventory purchases. Due to the high shortage of steel in China, most of the Company’s vendors require a certain amount of money to be deposited as a guarantee that the Company will complete its purchases on a timely basis.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

This amount is refundable and bears no interest. The Company has legally binding contracts with its vendors, which required the deposit to be returned to the Company when the contract ends. The inventory is normally delivered within one month after the monies have been advanced. The total outstanding amount, including advances to related parties, was $41.5 million and $30.8 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Inventories

Inventories are comprised of raw materials, work in progress and finished goods and are stated at the lower of cost or market using the weighted average cost method. Management reviews inventories for obsolescence and cost in excess of net realizable value at least annually and records a reserve against the inventory and additional cost of goods sold when the carrying value exceeds net realizable value. The Company had written-off $1.9 million inventory cost for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Shipping and handling

Shipping and handling for raw materials purchased are included in cost of goods sold. Shipping and handling cost incurred to ship finished products to customers are included in selling expenses. Shipping and handling expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $3.6 million and $2.1 million, respectively.

Plant and equipment, net

Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets with a 3%-5% residual value.

The estimated useful lives are as follows:

Buildings and Improvements		10-40 Years
Machinery		10-30 Years
Other equipment		5 Years
Transportation Equipment		5 Years

Construction in progress represents the costs incurred in connection with the construction of buildings or new additions to the Company’s plant facilities. No depreciation is provided for construction in progress until such time as the assets are completed and are placed into service, maintenance, repairs and minor renewals are charged directly to expense as incurred. Major additions and betterment to buildings and equipment are capitalized. Interest incurred during construction is capitalized into construction in progress. All other interest is expensed as incurred.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Long lived assets, including buildings and improvements, equipment and intangible assets are reviewed if events and changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of depreciation and amortization to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives.

Intangible assets

All land in the PRC is owned by the government. However, the government grants “land use rights.” General Steel (China) acquired land use rights in 2001 for a total of $3.6 million. These land use rights are for 50 years and expire in 2050 and 2053. Management elected to amortize the land use rights over the ten-year business term because its initial business license had a ten-year term. Although General Steel (China) became a Sino-Foreign Joint Venture in 2004, and obtained a new business license for twenty years, the Company decided to continue amortizing the land use rights over the original ten-year business term.

Long Steel Group contributed land use rights for a total amount of $22.5 million to the Longmen Joint Venture. The contributed land use rights are for 50 years and expire in 2048 to 2052.

Maoming Hengda has land use rights amounting to $2.3 million for 50 years that expire in 2054.

Entity	Original Cost		Expires on
	(in thousands)
General Steel (China)	$	3,599	2050 & 2053
Longmen Joint Venture	$	22,546	2048 & 2052
Maoming Hengda	$	2,317	2054

Intangible assets of the Company are reviewed at least annually, more often when circumstances require, determining whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company considers assets to be impaired if the carrying value exceeds the future projected cash flows from related operations. The Company also re-evaluates the periods of amortization to determine whether subsequent events and circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. As of March 31, 2011, the Company expects these assets to be fully recoverable.

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

Subsidiaries in which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but does not have a controlling interest, are accounted for using the equity method. Significant influence is generally considered to exist when the Company has an ownership interest in the voting stock between 20% and 50%, and other factors, such as representation on the Board of Directors, voting rights and the impact of commercial arrangements, are considered in determining whether the equity method of accounting is appropriate. The Company accounts for investments with ownership less than 20% using the cost method.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Longmen Joint Venture and its subsidiary - Hancheng Tongxing Metallurgy Co., Ltd. (“Tongxing Metallurgy”) invested in several companies from 2004 to 2009.

Unconsolidated subsidiary	Year acquired	Amount invested (In thousands)		% owned
Shaanxi Daxigou Mining Co., Ltd	2004	$	5,510		22.0
Shaanxi Xinglong Thermoelectric Co., Ltd	2004 - 2007		9,487		20.7
Huashan Metallurgical Equipment Co., Ltd.	2003		2,935		25.0
Shaanxi Longgang Group Xian Steel Co., Ltd	2005		-		10.0
Xian Delong Powder Engineering Materials Co., Ltd.	2006		1,240		27.0
Total (Unaudited)		$	19,172

Short-term notes payable

Short-term notes payable are lines of credit extended by banks. The banks in-turn issue the Company a bankers acceptance note, which can be endorsed and assigned to vendors as payments for purchases. The notes payable are generally payable at a determinable period, generally three to six months. This short-term note payable bears no interest and is guaranteed by the bank for its complete face value and usually matures within three to six-month period. The banks usually require the Company to deposit a certain amount of cash at the bank as a guarantee deposit, which is classified on the balance sheet as restricted cash.

Customer deposits

Customer deposits represent amounts advanced by customers on product orders. The product normally is shipped within one month after receipt of the advance payment, and the related sale is recognized in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, customer deposits amounted to $358.5 million and $248.3 million, including deposits paid to relate parties amounted to $67.0 million and $60.8 million, respectively.

Earnings per share

The Company has adopted the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States regarding earnings per share (“EPS”), which requires presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share in conjunction with the disclosure of the methodology used in computing such earnings per share.

Basic earnings per share are computed by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share takes into account the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised and converted into common stock.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Income taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method as required by this accounting standard, the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes. The accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes clarify the accounting and disclosure for uncertain tax positions. A tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded.

The charge for taxation is based on the results for the year as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is accounted for using the balance sheet liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit. In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the Company intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

Deferred income taxes are recognized for temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements, net operating loss carry forwards and credits, by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current income taxes are provided for in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Share-based compensation

The Company accounts for equity instruments issued in exchange for the receipt of goods or services from other than employees in accordance with the accounting standards regarding accounting for stock-based compensation and accounting for equity instruments that are issued to other than employees for acquiring or in conjunction with selling goods or services. Costs are measured at the estimated fair market value of the consideration received or the estimated fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably determinable. The value of equity instruments issued for consideration other than employee services is determined on the earlier of a performance commitment or completion of performance by the provider of goods or services as defined by these accounting standards. In the case of equity instruments issued to consultants, the fair value of the equity instrument is recognized over the term of the consulting agreement.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

In April 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-13, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” or ASU 2010-13. ASU 2010-13 provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in currency of a market in which a substantial porting of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-13 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28 which amend “Intangibles- Goodwill and Other” (Topic 350). The ASU modifies Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting entities, they are required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. An entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance in Topic 350, which requires that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances changes that would more likely than not reduce the faire value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. ASU 2010-28 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-13 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-29 which address diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations (Topic 805). This ASU specifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. This ASU also expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-13 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. These classifications have no effect on net income.

Note 3 – Accounts receivable, net

Accounts receivable, including related party receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts consists of the following:

	March 31, 2011			December 31,2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)			(in thousands)
Accounts receivable	$	25,206		$	17,887
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts		(259	)		(296	)
Net accounts receivable	$	24,947		$	17,591

Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	296	$	490
Charge to expense		12		174
Less Write-off		(49)		(386)
Exchange rate effect		-		18
Ending balance	$	259	$	296

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 4 – Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Supplies	$	17,181	$	13,733
Raw materials		294,232		381,178
Finished goods		209,653		80,968
Total inventories	$	521,066	$	475,879

Raw materials consist primarily of iron ore and coke at Longmen Joint Venture. The cost of finished goods includes direct costs of raw materials as well as direct labor used in production. Indirect production costs such as utilities and indirect labor related to production such as assembling, shipping and handling costs for purchasing are also included in the cost of inventory.

Note 5 – Plant and equipment, net

Plant and equipment consist of the following:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Buildings and improvements	$	118,166	$	116,294
Machinery		504,602		502,958
Transportation and other equipment		14,478		13,253
Construction in progress		74,623		65,749
Subtotal		711,869		698,254
Less accumulated depreciation		(104,674)		(95,642)
Total	$	607,195	$	602,612

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Construction in progress consisted of the following as of March 31, 2011:

Construction in progress	Value		Estimated completion	Estimated additional cost
description	In thousands		date	In thousands
Employee cafeteria	$	4,412	July 2011	845
Steel rebar & wire production line		53,041	June 2011	3,669
Transformation of slag processing		1,282	September, 2011	7,888
3# Tailings		1,629	August 2012	1,872
Sintering machine transformation		583	By the end of 2011	141
Others		13,676	By the end of 2012	4,033
Total (Unaudited)		74,623		18,448

Long lived assets, including construction in progress are reviewed if events and changes in circumstances indicate that its carrying amount may not be recoverable, to determine whether their carrying value has become impaired. The Company determined that the construction in progress in Maoming Hengda was impaired as of June 30, 2010. For the year ended December 31, 2010, $1.7 million construction-in-progress has been written off and included in operating expense.

Depreciation, including amounts in cost of goods sold, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $8.7 million and $9.3 million, respectively.

Note 6 – Intangible assets, net

Intangible assets consist of the following:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Land use rights	$	28,817	$	28, 462
Software		609		660
Subtotal		29,426		29,122

Accumulated amortization		(5,697)		(5,450	)
Intangible assets, net	$	23,729	$	23,672

The gross amount of the intangible assets amounted to $29.4 million and $29.1 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. The remaining weighted average amortization period is 31.5 years.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Total amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 amounted to $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

The estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding years is as follows:

Years ended	Estimated Amortization Expense		Gross carrying Amount
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
March 31, 2012	$	912	$	22,817
March 31, 2013		912		21,905
March 31, 2014		912		20,993
March 31, 2015		912		20,081
March 31, 2016		912		19,169
Thereafter		19,169		-
Total	$	23,729

Note 7 – Debt

Short-term notes payable

Short-term notes payable are lines of credit extended by the banks. The banks in turn issue the Company a bank acceptance note, which can be endorsed and assigned to vendors as payments for purchases. The notes payable are generally payable at a determinable period, generally three to six months. This short-term note payable is guaranteed by the bank for its complete face value. The banks usually do not charge interest on these notes but require the Company to deposit a certain amount of cash at the bank as a guarantee deposit, which is classified on the balance sheet as restricted cash. Restricted cash as a guarantee for the notes payable amounted to $175.9 million and $167.7 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Restricted notes receivable as a guarantee for the notes payable amounted to $219.0 million and $159.3 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

The Company had the following short-term notes payable:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
General Steel (China): Notes payable from banks in China, due various dates from April to August 2011. Restricted cash required of $17.8 million and $11.7 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; guaranteed by third parties.	$	29,874	$	21,541
Longmen Joint Venture: Notes payable from banks in China, due various dates from April to November 2011. $152.7 million restricted cash and $219.0 million notes receivable are secured for notes payable as of March 31, 2011, and comparatively $150.7 million restricted cash and $159.3 million notes receivable are secured for notes payable as of December 31, 2010, respectively; some notes are further guaranteed by third parties while others are secured by equipments and land use rights.		516,284		447,992
Bao Tou: Notes payable from banks in China, due date in April 2011, restricted cash of $5.3 million and $5.3 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively; pledged by buildings.		10,654		10,619
Total short-term notes payable	$	556,812	$	480,152

Short-term loans

Short-term loans represent amounts due to various banks, other companies and individuals, and related parties, normally due within one year. The principles of loans are due at maturity. However, the loans can be renewed.

Short term loans due to banks, related parties and other parties consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
General Steel (China): Loans from banks in China, due various dates from April 2011 to March 2012. Weighted average interest rate 6.1% per annum; some are guaranteed by third parties while others are secured by equipment and inventory.	$	24,300	$	24,220
Longmen Joint Venture: Loans from banks in China, due various dates from April 2011 to March 2012. Weighted average interest rate 5.4% per annum; some are guaranteed by third parties, restricted cash or notes receivables while others are secured by equipment, buildings, land use right and inventory.		287,341		260,978
Total short-term loans - bank	$	311,641	$	285,198

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Longmen Joint Venture: Loans from various unrelated companies and individuals, due various dates from April 2011 to November 2012, and weighted average interest rates 6.2% per annum.	$	70,910	$	75,380
Maoming Hengda: Loans from one unrelated parties, due on demand, none interest bearing.		10,592		14,385
Total short-term loans – others	$	81,502	$	89,765

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Longmen Joint Venture: Loans from Shaanxi Steel Group, due on demand and interest rates 5.3% per annum.	$	114,845	$	114,468
Total short-term loans - related parties	$	114,845	$	114,468

The Company had various loans from unrelated companies amounted to $81.5 million and $89.8 million as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively. Of the $81.5 million, $10.6 million loans carry no interest and the remaining $70.9 million are subject to interest rates ranging from 5.6% to 9.0%. All short term loans from unrelated companies are due on demand and unsecured.

Total interest expenses, excluding capitalized interest, amounted to $8.6 million and $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Capitalized interest amounted to $0.7 million and $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Note 8 – Deposit due to sales representatives

Longmen Joint Venture entered into agreements with various entities to act as the Company’s exclusive sales agent in a specified geographic area. These exclusive sales agents must meet certain criteria and are required to deposit a certain amount of money with the Company. In return the sales agents receive exclusive sales rights in a specified area and discounted prices on products they order. These deposits bear no interest and are required to be returned to the sales agent once the agreement has been terminated. The Company had $28.4 million and $52.1 million in deposits due to sales representatives as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 9 – Derivative liabilities

The Company has 3,900,871 warrants outstanding as result of $40 million notes issued in 2007 and 2,777,778 warrants outstanding in connection with a registered direct offering in 2009. The aforementioned warrants met the definition of a derivative instrument in the accounting standards and are recorded at fair value on each reporting period. The change in the value of the derivative liabilities is charged against or credited to income.

As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, derivative liabilities amounted to $2.0 million and 5.6 million, respectively.

The Company has the following warrants outstanding:

Outstanding As of December 31, 2010			6,678,649
Granted			-
Forfeited			-
Exercised			-
Outstanding As of March 31, 2011 (Unaudited)			6,678,649

Outstanding Warrants						Exercisable Warrants
Exercise Price		Number		Average Remaining Contractual Life		Average Exercise Price		Number		Average Remaining Contractual Life
$	5.00		6,678,649		1.8	$	5.00		6,678,649		1.8

Note 10 – Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

Interest paid amounted to $4.7 million and $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The Company paid income tax amounted to $0.4 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Effective interest charge on the Notes of $0.2 million was capitalized into construction in progress for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 11 – Compensation for services provided

From 2009 to 2010, Longmen Joint Venture worked with Shaanxi Steel Group to build two new blast furnaces systems. During the period of construction, Longmen Joint Venture provided labor and technology assistance while dismantled certain small production systems to accommodate the new production systems. Longmen Joint Venture paid certain cost and fees on behalf of Shaanxi Steel Group and incurred loss resulting from lower production efficiency caused by the interruption of construction and trial production. On December 22, 2010, Shaanxi Steel Group agreed to reimburse $25.0 million (RMB169.0 million) for the fees and cost and $27.1 (RMB183.1 million) for the loss of lower productive efficiency incurred by Longmen Joint Venture through September 30, 2010.

The detail cost and fee incurred on behalf of Shaanxi Steel Group were following:

Loss on disposal of equipment systems	$	11,466
Trial production cost through September 30, 2010		2,423
Salary and benefit of employees		3,471
Materials consumed and shipping expense		4,150
Relocation fee paid on behalf of Shaanxi Steel Group		1,746
Land rental fee		836
Others		40
Total cost and fee incurred	$	24,132

Total compensation for fees incurred	$	25,008
Net compensation for services	$	876

Compensation for loss of lower productive efficiency	$	27,092

The Company offset the $25.0 million reimbursement with related costs and expenses incurred and recorded net compensation for services of $0.9. The $27.1 million (RMB183.1 million) compensation for lowering of production efficiency was recorded as a reduction to cost of goods sold for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Longmen Joint Venture also recorded $ 23.2 million and $6.3 million receivable for the trial production cost incurred by the two new blast furnaces as of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. According to the signed unified management agreement with Shaanxi Steel Group, Shaanxi Steel Group will make compensation on the trial production costs incurred the test run period by Longmen Joint Venture. Management believes that the receivable will be reimbursed by Shaanxi Steel Group within next six months. The two blast furnace systems were in trial production stage as of March 31, 2011 and expect to reach the regular production status on May 2011.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 12 – Taxes

Income tax

Significant components of the provision for income taxes on earnings and deferred taxes on net operating losses from operation for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	March 31, 2011			March 31, 2010
(In thousands)	(Unaudited)
Current	$	750		$	621
Deferred		(77	)		(2,588	)
Total provision (benefit) for income taxes	$	673		$	(1,967	)

According to Chinese tax regulations, the net operating loss can be carried forward to offset with operating income for the next five years. Management believes the deferred tax asset is fully realizable.

The principal component of the deferred income tax assets is as follows:

	March 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)			(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	6,925		$	3,341
(Tax assets realized) net operating loss carry forward for other subsidiaries		(1,128	)		2,343
Effective tax rate		25	%		25	%
Deferred tax asset	$	(282	)	$	586
Longmen Joint Venture and some subsidiaries, (tax asset realized) net operating loss carry-forward		(2,420	)		20,539
Effective tax rate		15	%		15	%
Deferred tax asset	$	(363	)	$	3,081
Exchange difference		24			(82	)
Totals	$	6,304		$	6,925

The estimated tax savings due to the reduced tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are $0.3 million and $(1.5) million, respectively. The net effect on income per share if the income tax had been applied would increase loss per share by $0.01 and $(0.04) for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Under the Income Tax Laws of the PRC, General Steel (China), is subject to an income tax at an effective rate of 25%. Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture is located in Inner Mongolia province, Maoming Hengda is located in Guangdong province and Tianwu Joint Venture is located in Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone. The three subsidiaries are subject to an effective income tax rate at 25%.

Longmen Joint Venture is located in the Mid-West region of China. It qualifies for the “Go-West” tax rate of 15% promulgated by the government. In 2010, the Chinese government announced that the “Go-West” tax initiative will extended for 10 years, and thus, the preferential tax rate of 15% will be in effect until 2020. This special tax treatment for Longmen Joint Venture will be evaluated on a year-to-year basis by the local tax bureau.

The following table reconciles the U.S. statutory rates to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	March 31, 2011			March 31, 2010
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
U.S. Statutory rates		34.0	%		34.0	%
Foreign income not recognized in the US		(34.0	)%		(34.0	)%
China income taxes		25.0	%		25.0	%
Tax effect of income not taxable for tax purposes (1)		(13.0	)%		0.6	%
Effect of different tax rate of subsidiaries operating in other jurisdictions		1.9	%		(9.7	)%
Total provision for income taxes		13.9	%		16.0	%

(1)	This represents derivative expenses (income) and stock compensation expenses incurred by the Company that are not deductible/taxable in the PRC for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

The Company has cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries of approximately $6.6 million as of March 31, 2011, and is included in consolidated retained earnings and will continue to be indefinitely reinvested in international operations. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. deferred taxes related to future repatriation of these earnings, nor is it practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes that would have to be provided if we concluded that such earnings will be remitted in the future.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

General Steel Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in the United States and has incurred net operating losses for income tax purposes for the three months ended March 31, 2011. The net operating loss carry forwards for United States income taxes amounted to $1.9 million, which may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized, through 2031. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to the Company’s limited operating history and continuing losses for United States income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset benefit to reduce the asset to zero. The valuation allowance as of March 31, 2011 was $0.6 million. The net change in the valuation allowance for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was $0.1 million. Management will review this valuation allowance periodically and make adjustments as warranted.

Value added tax

Enterprises or individuals who sell commodities, engage in repair and maintenance or import and export goods in the PRC are subject to a value added tax in accordance with PRC laws. The value added tax standard rates are 13% to 17% of the gross sales price. A credit is available whereby VAT paid on the purchases of semi-finished products or raw materials used in the production of the Company’s finished products can be used to offset the VAT due on sales of the finished product. As of March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $21.2 million and $37.3 million value added tax credit which were available to offset the future VAT payable, respectively.

VAT on sales and VAT on purchases amounted to $214.5 million and $176.9 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2011, $117.5 million and $87.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Sales and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as the Company acts as an agent for the government. VAT taxes are not impacted by the income tax holiday.

Taxes payable consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
	(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
VAT taxes payable	$	2,423	$	-
Income taxes payable		475		840
Misc taxes		2,034		1,476
Totals	$	4,932	$	2,316

Note 13 – Earnings per share

The calculation of earnings per share is as follows:

(in thousands except per share data)	March 31, 2010		March 31, 2010
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
Income attributable to holders of common shares	$	2,604	$	(5,507	)
Basic and diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding		54,839,733		51,652,843
Earnings (Loss) per share
Basic & diluted	$	0.05	$	(0.11	)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

There is no dilutive effect for its earnings per share as the exercise price of warrants were higher than the stock market price during the period. There is no dilutive effect for its earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

Note 14 – Related party transactions and balances

Related party transactions

On March 31, 2010, General Steel (China), a subsidiary in which the Company holds a controlling interest, entered into a lease agreement with Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Steel Plates Co., Ltd. (the “Lessee”), whereby General Steel (China) will lease its facility located at No. 1, Tonga Street, Daqizhuang Town, Junghai County, Tianjin City to the Lessee (the “Lease Agreement”). The Lease Agreement provides approximately 776,078 square feet of workshops, lands, equipments and other facilities to the Lessee and allows the Company to reduce overhead costs while providing a recurring monthly revenue stream resulting from payments due thereunder. The term of the Lease Agreement is from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and the monthly base rental rate due to General Steel (China) is approximately $0.2 million (RMB1.68 million). The lessee partially owned by a related party Beijing Wendlar Co., Ltd, and is managed by the former general manager of General Steel (China). For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, General Steel (China) realized rental income in the amount of $0.8 million and $0.7 million from the Lessee, respectively.

The future rental payments to be received associated with the Lease Agreement are as follow:

Year ended March 31,	Amount
	(in thousands)
2012	$	2,301
Thereafter		-
Total	$	2,301

The following chart summarized sales to the related party transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31,2011		March 31,2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Shaanxi Longmen (Group) Co, Ltd and its subsidiaries (“Long Steel Group”)	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture	$	144,173	$	104,453
Tianjin Hengying Trading Co., Ltd	Common control under CEO		25,486		9,850
Tianjin Dazhan Industry Co, Ltd	Common control under CEO		20,261
Hancheng Haiyan Coking	Investee of Long Steel Group		11,393		10,325
General Qiugang steel tube Co, Ltd	Common control under CEO		7,150
Shaanxi Steel Group	Majority shareholder of Long Steel Group		521
Beijing Daishang Trade Co., Ltd.	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary				2,405
Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Steel Plates Co., Ltd.	Common control under CEO		-		8,312
Others			1		50
Total		$	208,985	$	135,395

The following charts summarize purchases from the related party transactions for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010.

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		March 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Long Steel Group	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture	$	194,361	$	107,925
Hengying and Dazhan	Common control under CEO		-		4,827
Jingma Jiaohua	Investee of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary (unconsolidated)		4,689		3,472
Hancheng Haiyan Coking	Investee of Long Steel Group		100,036		52,058
Beijing Daishang Trade Co., Ltd.	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary		-		1,011
Others			23		31
Total		$	299,109	$	169,324

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Related party balances

a.	Other receivables - related parties:

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Long Steel Group	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture	$	-	$	993
Shaanxi Steel Group	Majority shareholder of Long Steel Group		27,109		8,899
Mao Ming Sheng Zhe	Common control under CEO		5,874		6,141
Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Steel Plates Co., Ltd.	Common control under CEO		1,848		1,078
Tianjin Dazhan Industry Co, Ltd	Common control under CEO				-
Others			424		317
Total		$	35,255	$	17,428

b.	Advances on inventory purchases – related parties:

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Tianjin General Qiugang Pipe	Common control under CEO	$	9,353	$	6,187
Total		$	9,353	$	6,187

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

c.	Accounts payable - related parties:

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Tianjin Hengying Trading Co., Ltd	Common control under CEO	$	13,332	$	17,264
Tianjin Dazhan Industry Co., Ltd	Common control under CEO		11,790		2,309
Hancheng Haiyan Coking	Noncontrolling shareholder of Long Steel Group		45,916		25,708
Henan Xinmi Kanghua	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary		-		880
Jingma Jiaohua	Investee of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary (unconsolidated)		-		1,579
Long Steel Group	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture		40,520		28,329
Beijing Daishang Trading Co., Ltd	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture’s subsidiary		2,385		1,101
Others			1,067		115
Total		$	115,010	$	77,285

d.	Short-term loans - related parties:

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Shaanxi Steel & Iron Company	Majority shareholder of Long Steel Group	$	114,485	$	114,468
Total		$	114,845	$	114,468

e.	Other payables – related parties

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands)		(in thousands)
		(Unaudited)
Tianjin Hengying Trading Co, Ltd	Common control under CEO	$	-	$	10,168
Yangpu Capital Automobile	Common control under CEO		1,355		1,350
Tianjin General Qiugang Pipe	Common control under CEO		-		4,547
Wenchun Han	Director of General Steel (China)		2,131		2,124
Others			16		25
Total		$	3,502	$	18,214

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

f.	Customer deposit – related parties:

Name of related parties	Relationship	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010
		(in thousands) (Unaudited)		(in thousands)
Tianjin Hengying Trading Co, Ltd	Common control under CEO	$	1,205	$	-
Hancheng Haiyan Coking	Investee of Long Steel Group		-		5,568
Long Steel Group	Noncontrolling shareholder of Longmen Joint Venture		64,521		53,512
Beijing Shenhua Xinyuan	Common control under CEO		1,303		1,299
Others			-		381
Total		$	67,029	$	60,760

The Company also guaranteed bank loans of related parties amounting to $23.0 million and $3.0 million as of March 31, 2011 and as of December 31, 2010, respectively.

Note 15 - Equity

2010 Equity Transactions

The Company granted senior management and directors 733,300 shares of common stock as compensation in 2010. The shares were valued at the quoted market price on the date granted. The Company recorded compensation expense of $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2010.

On June 7, 2010, the Company issued 928,163 shares of common stock to one of Maoming Hengda’s creditor to settle the other short-term loans.

On August 4, 2010, $3.3 million of the Notes was converted to 1,208,791 shares of common stock. According to the Notes agreement, the Company incurred the make whole interest expense of $0.7 million and accrued interest expense of $0.2 million, 350,885 shares of common stock were issued.

On December 21, 2010, the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized to repurchase up to an aggregate of one million (1,000,000) shares of its common stock as part of a share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program does not have an expiration date and these repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable laws. As of December 31, 2010, the Company has repurchased 316,760 shares with $ 0.9 million cost.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

2011 Equity Transactions

On March 31, 2011, the Company granted senior management and directors 240,734 shares of common stock at $2.4 per share, as compensation. The shares were valued at the quoted market price on the date granted. The Company recorded compensation expense of $0.6 million.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Company has repurchased 396,900 shares with $1.1 million pursuant to the Share Repurchase Program. The Company had total 713,660 shares of treasury stock as of March 31, 2011.

Note 16 – Retirement plan

Regulations in the PRC require the Company to contribute to a defined contribution retirement plan for all employees. All Joint Venture employees are entitled to a retirement pension amount calculated based upon their salary at their date of retirement and their length of service in accordance with a government managed pension plan. The PRC government is responsible for the pension liability to the retired staff. The Company is required to contribute 20% of the employees’ monthly base salary or 12% of the minimum social average salary of the city where the factory located, which is higher. Employees are required to contribute 8% of their base salary to the plan. The minimum social average salary is announced by local Social Security bureau and renewed annually. Total pension expense incurred by the Company amounted to $1.5 million and $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Note 17 – Statutory reserves

The laws and regulations of the People’s Republic of China require that before an enterprise distributes profits to its partners, it must first satisfy all tax liabilities, provide for losses in previous years, and make allocations, in proportions determined at the discretion of the board of directors, to the statutory reserves. The statutory reserves include the surplus reserve funds and the enterprise fund and these statutory reserves represent restricted retained earnings.

Surplus reserve fund

The Company is required to transfer 10% of its net income, as determined in accordance with the PRC accounting rules and regulations, to a statutory surplus reserve fund until such reserve balance reaches 50% of the Company’s registered capital.

The transfer to this reserve must be made before distribution of any dividend to shareholders. The surplus reserve fund is non-distributable other than during liquidation and can be used to fund previous years’ losses, if any, and may be utilized for business expansion or converted into share capital by issuing new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their shareholding or by increasing the par value of the shares currently held by them, provided that the remaining reserve balance after such issue is not less than 25% of the registered capital.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 18 – Commitment and contingencies

Commitments

Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture has a 5 years rental agreement with Bao Gang Jianan for buildings. The agreement began on June 2007 for $0.3 million (or RMB1.8 million) per year.

As of March 31, 2011, total future minimum lease payments for the unpaid portion under an operating lease were as follows:

Year ended,	Amount
	(in thousands)
March 31, 2012	$	274
March 31, 2013		68
Total	$	342

Total rental expense amounted to $0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively,

Longmen Joint Venture has $6.1 million contractual obligations in its construction project as of March 31 2011.

The Company entered an agreement to build a TRT Electricity Generator (“TRT”) inside Longmen Joint Venture’s production plant. The Company makes payments for the cost via scheduled payments after the TRT was put into use in April 2009. The future payment schedule associated with the arrangement is as follow:

Years ended March 31,	Amount
	(in thousands)
2012	$	573
Thereafter		-
Total	$	573

Contingencies

As of March 31, 2011, Longmen Joint Venture guaranteed bank loans for related parties and third parties bank loans, including line of credit and others, amounting to $118.2 million.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Nature of guarantee	Guarantee amount		Guaranty period
(In thousands)	(Unaudited)

Line of credit		62,435	Various from May 2011 to September 2012
Bank loans		15,755	Various from May 2011 to August 2012
Notes payable		4,566	Various from May 2011 to August 2012
Confirming storage		34,568	Various from April 2011 to December 2011
Financing by the rights of goods delivery in future		913	April 2011
Total	$	118,237

The Company has evaluated the debt guarantees and concluded that the likelihood of having to make payments under the guarantees is remote.

Note 19 – Segments

The Company’s chief operating decision maker evaluates performance and determines resource allocations based on a number of factors, the primary measure being income from operations pursuant to ASC 280, Segment Report. The company has determined that it has four reportable segments according to its region divisions in PRC: Longmen Joint Venture in Shaanxi province, Maoming Hengda in Guangdong province, Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture in Inner Mongolia province and General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture in Tianjin City.

The segments are consistent with the way the company manages its business, each segment operating under separate management groups and producing discrete financial information. The accounting principles applied at the operating segment level in determining income from operations is generally the same as those applied at the consolidated financial statement level.

The following represents results of segment operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010:

	For the three months ended March 31,
Sales:	2011		2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	709,306	$	434,826
Maoming Hengda		544		3,874
Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture		614		1,178
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		-		13,145
Consolidated sales (Unaudited)	$	710,464	$	453,023

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Gross profit	2011			2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	28,873		$	6,013
Maoming Hengda		(422	)		(317	)
Baotou Steel		(127	)		32
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		-			5
Consolidated gross profit (Unaudited)	$	28,324		$	5,733

Income from operations:	2011			2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	14,388		$	(3,802	)
Maoming Hengda		(892	)		(597	)
Baotou Steel		(421	)		(317	)
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		(458	)		(239	)
Reconciling item (1)		1,205			(1,455	)
Consolidated income from operations (Unaudited)	$	13,823		$	(6,408	)

Net income attributable to controlling interest	2011			2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	2,450		$	(6,905	)
Maoming Hengda		(1,121	)		(246	)
Baotou Steel		(239	)		(553	)
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		(828	)		(281	)
Reconciling item (1)		2,343			2,478
Consolidated net income attributable to controlling interest (Unaudited)	$	2,604		$	(5,507	)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Depreciation and amortization:	2011		2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	7,503	$	7,830
Maoming Hengda		590		929
Baotou Steel		60		72
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		769		755
Consolidated depreciation and amortization (Unaudited)	$	8,922	$	9,586

Interest expenses:	2011		2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	8,302	$	3,710
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		321		346
Consolidated interest expenses (Unaudited)	$	8,623	$	4,056

Capital expenditures:	2011		2010
Longmen Joint Venture	$	10,662	$	6,705
Maoming Hengda		216		105
Baotou Steel		23		5
General Steel (China) & Tianwu Joint Venture		8		2
Reconciling item (1)		3		-
Consolidated captial expenditures (Unaudited)	$	10,912	$	6,816

(1)

Reconciling amounts refer to the unallocated expenses of the Company, General Steel Investment Co., Ltd, Yangpu Shengtong Investment Co., Ltd and Qiu Steel for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

Note 20 – Subsequent events

On April 29, 2011, the Company and its subsidiary, Longmen Joint Venture entered a 20-year unified management agreement with Shaanxi Coal and Shaanxi Steel Group. Pursuant to the agreement, Longmen Joint Venture will provide daily management of operations and operate production equipment constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group at a facility owned by Longmen Joint Venture in Hancheng Shaanxi province, China.

At its designed efficiency levels, the new equipment, including two new 1,280 cubic meter blast furnaces constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group, is expected to add three million tons crude steel production capacity per year. Up to now, General Steel has 4 million tons of crude steel annual production capacity, plus 3 million tons of crude steel annual production capacity jointly managed with Shaanxi Steel Group.

This agreement follows the completion of a two-year construction and installation process and four months of testing of Shaanxi Steel Group's equipment at the Longmen Joint Venture. The testing of the equipment was completed in April 2011, and the Company launched full-scale production in May 2011. On an initial basis, the equipment is expected to run at 85% of its capacity, with total output at the facility expected to be approximately six million metric tons of crude steel annual production per year. In addition, this agreement states that Shaanxi Steel Group has the responsibilities to make compensation for the losses of Longmen Joint Venture's assets, production caused by the construction of two new blast furnaces and the trial production cost incurred in the test run period.

For the first two years under the agreement Longmen Joint Venture will receive 60% of the pre-tax profit on the sale of products manufactured at the Longmen Joint Venture facility, with the remaining 40% distributed to Shaanxi Steel Group. Profit distributed to Shaanxi Steel Group will be classified as an operating expense on the Company's consolidated statements of operations.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto. The following discussion contains forward-looking statements. General Steel Holdings, Inc. is referred to herein as “we,” “our," "us" and "the Company.” The words or phrases “would be,” “will allow,” “expect to,” “intends to,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements include those concerning our expected financial performance, our corporate strategy and operational plans. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties, including: (a) those risks and uncertainties related to general economic conditions in the PRC, including regulatory factors that may affect such economic conditions; (b) whether we are able to manage our planned growth efficiently and operate profitable operations, including whether our management will be able to identify, hire, train, retain, motivate and manage required personnel or that management will be able to successfully manage and exploit existing and potential market opportunities; (c) whether we are able to generate sufficient revenues or obtain financing to sustain and grow our operations; and (d) whether we are able to successfully fulfill our primary requirements for cash which are explained below under “Liquidity and Capital Resources.” Unless otherwise required by applicable law, we do not undertake, and we specifically disclaim any obligation, to update any forward-looking statements to reflect occurrences, developments, unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statement. Additional information regarding certain factors which could cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those described in Item 1A, “Risk Factors”, to our Annual Report in Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

Recent Developments and First Quarter Highlights

The first quarter of 2011 was highlighted by record sales revenue and continued gross margin expansion:

·	Sales revenue increased by 56.8% to $710.4 million, up from $453.0 million in first quarter of 2010.

·	Sales volume totaled 1.2 million metric tons, an increase of 20% compared to 1.0 million metric tons in first quarter of 2010.

·	Gross margin improved by 270 basis points, while gross profit increased to $28.3 million, an increase of $ 22.6 million compared to the first quarter of 2010, mainly due to the combined effect of the increases in sales volume, average selling price and production efficiencies.

·	Earnings Per Share continued to climb to $0.05, an increase of $0.16 from a loss of $(0.11) per share in the first quarter of 2010.

On April 29, 2011, we, along with our subsidiary Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (“Longmen Joint Venture”), entered into a 20-year Cooperation Agreement with Shaanxi Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd (“Shaanxi Steel Group”) and its parent company Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co., Ltd. (“Shaanxi Coal”). Under the terms of the agreement, Longmen Joint Venture will provide daily management of operations of new equipment constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group.

·	In the above mentioned Cooperation Agreement, we also formed a strategic partnership with Shaanxi Coal, whereby Shaanxi Coal will provide raw materials at favorable pricing and financial support to our operation.

·	As of May 9, 2011, the company had repurchased 979,481 shares of common stock in open market transactions at an average price of $2.65 per share pursuant to the repurchase program launched in December 2010.

Our continuing growth demonstrates the following strengths:

·	Our two-pronged growth strategy of upgrading our existing operations and growing through merger and acquisition activities has continued to be successful; and

·	We are a direct beneficiary of the PRC economic stimulus infrastructure spending program and “Go-West” Initiative.

OVERVIEW

We were incorporated on August 5, 2002, in the State of Nevada. We are headquartered in Beijing, China and operate a diverse portfolio of Chinese steel companies. We serve various industries and produce a variety of steel products including, but not limited to: reinforced bars (“rebar”), hot-rolled carbon and silicon sheets, spiral-weld pipes and high-speed wire. Our current aggregate annual production capacity of steel products is 7 million metric tons of crude steel. Individual industry segments have unique demand drivers, such as rural income, infrastructure construction and energy consumption. Domestic economic conditions are also an overall demand driver for all our products.

Our vision is to become one of the largest and most profitable non-government owned steel companies in the PRC. Our mission is to grow our business organically and through the acquisition of Chinese steel companies to increase their profitability and efficiencies utilizing western management practices and advanced production technologies, and the infusion of capital resources.

Our two-pronged growth strategy includes organic growth and mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”). On the organic growth side, we aim to grow through operation optimization, capacity expansion and margin expansion by improving operational efficiency and cost structure. On the M&A side, we aim to expand through mergers, joint ventures and acquisitions targeting state-owned enterprise steel companies and selected entities with outstanding potential. We have executed this strategy to date by acquiring a controlling interest positions in three joint ventures. Our business currently operates through four steel-related subsidiaries and one raw material trading subsidiary and we are actively attempting to acquire additional assets.

Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used herein the terms “General Steel”, the “company”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to General Steel Holdings, Inc.

Steel-Related Subsidiaries and Raw Material Trading Company

We presently have controlling interests in four steel-related subsidiaries and one raw material trading subsidiary:

General Steel (China) Co., Ltd. (“General Steel (China)”);

Baotou Steel - General Steel Special Steel Pipe Joint Venture Company Limited (“Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture”);

Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (“Longmen Joint Venture”);

Maoming Hengda Steel Co., Ltd. (“Maoming Hengda”); and

Tianwu General Steel Material Trading Co., Ltd.(“Tianwu Joint Venture”).

General Steel (China) Co., Ltd.

General Steel (China), formerly known as “Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Metal Sheet Co., Ltd.”, started operations in 1988. General Steel (China)’s core business is manufacturing high quality hot-rolled carbon and silicon steel sheets mainly used in the production of small agricultural vehicles and other specialty markets.

General Steel (China) has ten steel sheet production lines capable of processing approximately 400,000 metric tons of 0.75mm to 2.0mm hot-rolled steel sheets per year. Products were sold through a domestic network of 35 distributors and three regional sales offices.

General Steel (China) uses a traditional rolling mill production sequence, including heating, rolling, cutting, annealing, and flattening to process and cut coil segments into steel sheets which have a length of approximately 2,000mm, a width of approximately 1,000mm, and a thickness ranging from 0.75mm to 2.0mm. Limited size adjustments can be made to meet order requirements. Products sold under the registered “Qiu Steel” brand name.

On May 14, 2009, General Steel (China) changed its official name from “Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Metal Sheet Co., Ltd.” to better reflect its role as a merger and acquisition platform for steel company investments in China. In some instances, General Steel (China) retains the use of the name “Daqiuzhuang Metal” for brand recognition purposes within the industry.

On March 31, 2010, General Steel (China) entered into a lease agreement whereby General Steel (China) leased its facility to Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Steel Plates Co., Ltd. (“Lessee”). The lease provides approximately 776,078 square feet of workshops, land, equipment and other facilities to the Lessee and reduces overhead costs while providing a recurring monthly revenue stream resulting from payments due thereunder. The term of the lease is from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and the monthly base rental rate due to General Steel (China) is approximately $246,096 (RMB1.68 million). The former General Manager of General Steel (China) currently manages Tianjin Daqiuzhuang Steel Plates Co., Ltd. Changing the business model of this facility from a direct operations model to a leased operations model reduces overhead costs and provides a steady revenue stream in the form of fixed monthly lease revenue.

Baotou Steel - General Steel Special Steel Pipe Joint Venture Company Limited.

On April 27, 2007, General Steel (China) and Baotou Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. (“Baotou Steel”) entered into an Amended and Restated Joint Venture Agreement, amending the Joint Venture Agreement entered into on September 28, 2005, to increase General Steel (China)'s ownership interest in the related joint venture to 80%. The joint venture company’s name is Baotou Steel - General Steel Special Steel Pipe Joint Venture Company Limited, a Chinese limited liability company (“Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture”). Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture obtained its business license from government authorities in the PRC on May 25, 2007, and started its operations in July 2007. Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture has four production lines capable of producing 100,000 metric tons of double spiral-weld pipes primarily used in the energy sector to transport oil and steam. These pipes have a diameter ranging from 219mm to 1240mm, a wall thickness ranging from 6mm to 13mm, and a length ranging from 6m to 12m. Presently, Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture sells its products using an internal sales force to customers in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the northwest region of the PRC.

Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.

Effective June 1, 2007, through two subsidiaries, General Steel (China) and Tianjin Qiu Steel Investment Co., Ltd., we entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Shaanxi Longmen Iron & Steel Group Co., Ltd. (“Long Steel Group”) to form Shaanxi Longmen Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (“Longmen Joint Venture”). Through our two subsidiaries, we invested approximately $39 million cash and collectively hold approximately 60% of Longmen Joint Venture.

Long Steel Group, located in Hancheng city, Shaanxi province, in China’s central region, was founded in 1958 and incorporated in 2002. Long Steel Group operates as a fully-integrated steel production facility. Fewer than 10% of steel companies in China have fully-integrated steel production capabilities.

Currently, Longmen Joint Venture has five branch offices, five subsidiaries under direct control and six entities in which it has a noncontrolling interest. It employs approximately 7,984 full-time workers. In addition to steel production, Longmen Joint Venture operates transportation services through its Changlong Branch, located at Hancheng city, Shaanxi province. Changlong Branch owns 154 vehicles and provides transportation services exclusively to Longmen Joint Venture.

Longmen Joint Venture’s rebar products are categorized within the steel industry as “longs” (referencing their shape). Rebar is generally considered a regional product because its weight and dimension make it ill-suited for cost-effective long-haul ground transportation. By our estimates, the market demand for rebar in Shaanxi province is six to eight million metric tons per year. Slightly more than half of this demand comes from Xi’an, the capital of Shaanxi province, located 180km from Longmen Joint Venture’s main steel production site. Currently, we estimate that we have an approximate 72% share of the Xi’an market for rebar.

An established regional network of approximately 100 distributors and four sales offices sell Longmen Joint Venture’s products. All products sell under the registered brand name of “Yulong,” which has strong regional recognition and awareness. Rebar and billet products carry ISO 9001 and 9002 certification and other of Longmen Joint Venture’s products have won national quality awards. Products produced at the facility have been used in the construction of the Yangtze River Three Gorges Dam, the Xi’an International Airport, the Xi’an city subway system and the Xi Luo Du and the Xiang Jia Ba hydropower projects.

In September 24, 2007, Longmen Joint Venture acquired a 74.92% ownership interest in Longmen Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Environmental Protection Industry Development Co., Ltd. (“Longmen EPID”). At the same time, Longmen Joint Venture entered into a equity transfer agreement with Long Steel Group to acquire a 36% ownership interest in its subsidiary, Longmen Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd. Hualong Fire Retardant Materials Co., Ltd. (“Hualong”). Longmen Joint Venture paid $430,000 (RMB3.3 million) in exchange for the ownership interest and is the largest shareholder in Hualong. Hualong’s facility produces fire-retardant materials used in various steel making processes.

In January 2010, Longmen Joint Venture completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in Longmen EPID pursuant to an equity transfer agreement with Shaanxi Fangxin Industrial Co., Ltd. (“Shaanxi Fangxin”), the parent company of Longmen EPID. Longmen Joint Venture paid RMB8,678,383 to Shaanxi Fangxin to acquire a 25.08% ownership interest in Longmen EPID. Longmen EPID became a branch of Longmen Joint Venture.

On January 11, 2008, Longmen Joint Venture completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in Hancheng Tongxing Metallurgy Co., Ltd. (“Tongxing”). Longmen Joint Venture contributed its land use right of 21.45 hectares (approximately 53 acres) with an appraised value of approximately $4.1 million (RMB30 million). Pursuant to an agreement with Tongxing, the land use right was exchanged for shares of Tongxing valued at approximately $3.1 million (RMB22.7 million), giving Longmen Joint Venture a 22.76% ownership stake in Tongxing and making it Tongxing’s largest shareholder. Tongxing has a rebar processing facility with an annualized rolling capacity of 300,000 metric tons.

In November 2010, we brought online a 800,000 metric ton capacity rebar production line relocated from the Maoming Hengda facility.

From 2009 to 2010, we worked with Shaanxi Steel Group to build new, state-of-the-art equipment, including two 1,280 cubic meter blast furnaces, two 120 metric ton converters and one 400 square meter sintering machine. During the period of construction, we provided assistance, such as labor and technology, while we dismantled the operations of certain small furnaces to accommodate the new production systems. We paid certain costs and economic losses on behalf of Shaanxi Steel Group during the construction. On December 22, 2010 we were reimbursed by Shaanxi Steel Group in the amount of approximately $25.0 million (RMB169.0 million) for the costs that we paid on behalf of Shaanxi Steel Group, and were compensated by Shaanxi Steel Group in the amount of approximately $27.1 million (RMB183.1 million) for the economic losses incurred through September 30, 2010.

On April 29, 2011, we entered into a 20-year cooperation agreement with Shaanxi Coal and Shaanxi Steel Group. Under the terms of this agreement, Longmen Joint Venture will provide daily management of operations and will operate the production equipment constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group at the Longmen Joint Venture facility.

Under the terms of the cooperation agreement, Shaanxi Coal has committed to provide Longmen Joint Venture with raw materials, including coke and coal, at favorable pricing, as well as providing access to its nationwide transportation system to reduce our overall transportation costs. In addition, this agreement includes provisions pursuant to which both Shaanxi Coal and Shaanxi Steel Group are expected to provide financial support, including credit guarantees, as needed for operations.

In the first two years of the collaboration, profits will be divided between Longmen Joint Venture and Shaanxi Steel Group with Longmen Joint Venture receiving 60% and Shaanxi Steel Group receiving 40% of the pre-tax profits, respectively. The distribution of profits will be subject to adjustment after the first two years based upon each entity’s actual investment of time and resources into the unified management system.

Maoming Hengda Steel Co., Ltd.

On June 25, 2008, through our subsidiary Qiu Steel Investment Co., Ltd., we paid approximately $7.1 million (RMB50 million) in cash to purchase 99% of Maoming Hengda Steel Group, Ltd. (“Maoming Hengda”). The total registered capital of Maoming Hengda is approximately $77.8 million (RMB544.6 million).

Maoming Hengda’s core business is the production of high-speed wire and rebar products used in the construction industry. Located on 140 hectares (approximately 346 acres) in Maoming city, Guangdong province, the Maoming Hengda facility previously had two production lines capable of producing 1.8 million metric tons of 5.5mm to 16mm diameter high-speed wire and 12mm to 38mm diameter rebar annually. The products were sold through nine distributors targeting customers in Guangxi province and the western region of Guangdong province.

To take advantage of stronger market demand in Shaanxi, in the second quarter of 2009, we relocated the 800,000 metric ton capacity rebar production line from Maoming Hengda’s facility to Longmen Joint Venture. Thereafter, in December 2010, we relocated the 1,000,000 metric ton capacity high-speed wire production line from Maoming Hengda’s facility to Longmen Joint Venture to meet the increasing demand in Shaanxi province.

In December 2010, we brought online a new 400,000 ton capacity rebar production line. The new rebar line was constructed as a result of a strategic alliance agreement between Maoming and Zhuhai Yueyufeng Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (“Yueyufeng”) on February 3, 2010. According to this agreement, Yueyufeng paid the processing fee in advance in three installments to support the construction of the rebar production line at the Maoming facility.

Tianwu General Steel Material Trading Co., Ltd.

We formed Tianwu General Steel Material Trading Co., Ltd. (“Tianwu Joint Venture”) with Tianjin Material and Equipment Group Corporation (“TME Group”). The contributed capital of Tianwu Joint Venture is approximately $2.9 million (or RMB20 million), of which we hold a 60% controlling interest. TME Group is one of the largest and most diversified commodity trading groups in China.

Tianwu Joint Venture will source raw materials, mainly overseas iron ore, and is expected to supply approximately 20% to 50% of our iron-ore needs, amounting to approximately two to three million metric tons on an annual basis.

Production Capacity Information Summary by Subsidiary

	General Steel (China)	Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture	Longmen Joint Venture	Maoming Hengda
Annual Production Capacity (metric tons)
Crude Steel	-	-	7 million	-
Processing	400,000	100,000	2.5 million	400,000

Main Products	Hot-rolled sheet	Spiral-weld pipe	Rebar/High-speed wire	Rebar

Main Application	Light Agricultural vehicles	Energy transport	Infrastructure and construction	Infrastructure and construction

Marketing and Customers

We sell our products primarily to distributors, and we typically collect payment from these distributors in advance. Our marketing efforts are mainly directed toward those customers who have exacting requirements for on-time delivery, customer support and product quality. We believe that these requirements as well as product planning are critical factors in our ability to serve this segment of the market.

Demand for our Products

Overall, domestic economic growth is an important demand driver of our products, especially construction and infrastructure projects, rural income growth and energy demand.

At Longmen Joint Venture, growth in regional construction and infrastructure projects drives demand for our products. According to the 12th Five Year National Economic and Social Development Plan (“NESDP”) (2011-2015), development of China’s western region is one of the top-five economic priorities of the nation. Shaanxi province, where Longmen Joint Venture is located, has been designated as a focal point for development in the western region, and Xi’an, the provincial capital, has been designated as a focal point for this development. Longmen Joint Venture is 180 km from Xi’an and it does not have a major competitor within a 250 km radius.

Recently, the Chinese government passed the Cheng-Yu Economic Zone Plan centered on Chongqi City and Sichuan Province, covering 206,000 square kilometers, to further accelerate the development of western region. We anticipate that the demand will increase in those areas in the future, and we expect that our expanded production capacity will be able to successfully meet the increase in demand.

According to the Shaanxi provincial government, the total fixed asset investment for Shaanxi province was approximately RMB850 billion (approximately US$129 billion) for the year ended December 31, 2010, an increase of 30% over the same period in 2009.

In January 2011, Shaanxi provincial government announced that it will invest RMB80billion (approximately US$12.2 billion) in the construction of hydroprojects, which is triple the amount invested during 11th Five Year National Economic and Social Development Plan. In addition to hydroprojects, according to the central government, 5,000 miles of high-speed railway will be built in 2011, with 16,000 total miles to be built by 2020.

In January 2011, the central government announced a low-income housing policy. Under this policy, 10 million low-income houses will be built in 2011, with 36 million low-income houses to be built over a five-year period. To ensure the construction of the low-income housing, the central government has announced that it will increase its investment in the project by 34.7% over its 2010 investment to approximately RMB103 billion, and the local governments are expected to increase their investment as well.

We anticipate strong demand for our products driven by these and many other construction and infrastructure projects. We believe there will be sustained regional demand for several years as the government continues to drive western region development efforts.

At Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture, energy sector growth, which spurs the need to transport oil, natural gas and steam, drives demand for spiral-weld steel pipe. Presently, demand is fueled by smaller pipeline projects and municipal energy infrastructure projects within the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

At Maoming Hengda, infrastructure growth and business development in Maoming city, the surrounding Guangxi cities and the western region of Guangdong province, drive demand for our construction steel products. As a second tier city, the industrialization and urbanization of Maoming city is one of the focal points of economic development in the west Guangdong province.

Supply of Raw Materials

The primary raw materials we use for steel production are iron ore, coke, hot-rolled steel coil and steel billets. Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture uses hot-rolled steel coil as its main raw material. Longmen Joint Venture uses iron ore and coke as its main raw materials. Maoming Hengda uses steel billets as its main raw material. Iron ore is the main raw material used to produce hot-rolled steel coil and steel billets. As a result, the prices of iron ore and coke are the primary raw material cost drivers for our products.

Longmen Joint Venture has 7 million tons of annual crude steel capacity. At Longmen Joint Venture, approximately 85% of production costs are associated with raw materials, with iron ore being the largest component.

According to the China Iron and Steel Association, approximately 60% of the China domestic steel industry demand for iron ore must be filled by imports. At Longmen Joint Venture, we purchase iron ore from four primary sources: Mulonggou mine (owned by Longmen Joint Venture), Daxigou mine (owned by Long Steel Group, our partner in Longmen Joint Venture), from surrounding local mines and from abroad. According to the terms of our Longmen Joint Venture Agreement with the Long Steel Group, we have a first right of refusal for sales from the Daxigou mine and for its development. We presently purchase all of the production from this mine.

Coke

Coke, produced from metallurgical coal (also known as coking coal), is our second most consumed raw material, after iron ore. It requires approximately 550kg to 600kg of coke to make one metric ton of crude steel.

Our Longmen Joint Venture facility is located in the center of China’s coal belt. We source all coke used at Longmen Joint Venture from the town in which Longmen Joint Venture is located. This ensures a dependable, local supply and minimum transportation costs.

The sources and/or major suppliers of our raw materials are as follows (1):

Longmen Joint Venture

Name of Major Supplier	Raw Material Purchased	% of Total Raw Material Purchased			Relationship with Company
Long Steel Group	Iron Ore		21.6	%	Related Party
Shaanxi Haiyan Coal Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.	Coke		19.2	%	Related Party
Shaanxi Huanghe Material Co., Ltd.	Coke		10.5	%	Others
Shaanxi Hancheng Longhui Trading Co., Ltd.	Coke		6.3	%	Others
Shaanxi Yingde Gas Co, Ltd.	Gas		3.7	%	Others
	Total		61.4	%

Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture

Name of Major Supplier	Raw Material Purchased	% of Total Raw Material Purchased			Relationship with Company
Baotou Gangshang Trading Co., Ltd.	Steel coil		80.7	%	Others
Baotou Weifengda Trading Co., Ltd.	Steel coil		17.6	%	Others
	Total		98.3	%

Maoming Hengda

Name of Major Supplier	Raw Material Purchased	% of Total Raw Material Purchased			Relationship with Company
Hunan Xiangtan Guoshun Electricity & Coal Co., Ltd.	Coal		43.5	%	Others
Maoming Zhengmao Develop Co., Ltd.	Heavy oil		36.9	%	Others
	Total		80.4	%

Industry consolidation

The central government has had a long-stated goal to consolidate 50% of domestic steel production among the top ten producers by 2010 and 70% by 2020. In September 2009, the central government published an industry target to eliminate 80 million metric tons of inefficient capacity from the steel industry by the end of 2011.

On July 12, 2010, the Ministry of Industry & Information Technology Commission enacted the Steel Industry Admittance and Operation Qualifications. The new standards specified requirements for all aspects of steel production in China, which include: size of blast furnaces, size of converters, emission of waste water, dust per ton from steel production, quantity of coal used for each process in steel production and output capacity which commenced in 2009. This policy once again confirmed the central government’s determination to push forward the consolidation of this fragmented industry of more than 800 companies. While the operational conditions become more stringent, more small and medium size companies will likely to aggressively look for valued partners which could lead to opportunities for high quality acquisitions for our Company. We believe the directives have indirectly strengthened our position as an industry consolidator by creating quantitative measures we can use to better qualify potential acquisition targets.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2011

Sales

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

SALES	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011							March 31, 2010							Change			Change
(in thousands, except metric tons)	Volume		Sales		%			Volume		Sales		%			Volume %			Sales %
	(Unaudited)							(Unaudited)
Longmen Joint Venture		1,169,314	$	709,306		99.8	%		909,731	$	434,826		96.0	%		28.5	%		63.1	%
Other		19,625	$	1,158		0.2	%		125,640	$	18,197		4.0	%		(84.4	)%		(93.6	)%
Total Sales of General Steel		1,188,939		710,464		100.0	%		1,035,371		453,023		100.0	%		14.8	%		56.8	%

Total sales revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased 56.8% to $710.5 million from $453.0 million for the same period in 2010. The increase in sales revenue compared to the same period in 2010 is predominantly due to the combined effect of the increase in sales volume and average selling price of rebar. Sales volume increased 14.8% compared to the same period in 2010. The average selling price of rebar increased 22.2% to approximately $606 (RMB3,996) per ton in the first quarter of 2011 from approximately $496 (RMB3,270) per ton in the same period of 2010.

Longmen Joint Venture comprised approximately 99.8% of total sales for the first quarter 2011. Compared to the same period in 2010, the increase of Longmen Joint Venture’s production was mainly due to the additional capacity contributed from the new blast furnaces brought online in January 2011. Our current total monthly production volume is approximately 450,000 to 500,000 tons of crude steel.

Cost of Goods Sold

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011							March 31, 2010							Change			Change
(in thousands, except metric tons)	Volume		Cost		%			Volume		Cost		%			Volume %			Cost %
	(Unaudited)							(Unaudited)
Longmen Joint Venture		1,169,314	$	680,433		99.7	%		909,731	$	428,814		95.9	%		28.5	%		58.7	%
Other		19,625	$	1,707		0.3	%		125,640	$	18,476		4.1	%		(84.4	)%		(90.8	)%
Total Cost of Goods Sold of General Steel		1,188,939		682,140		100.0	%		1,035,371		447,290		100.0	%		14.8	%		52.5	%

Our primary cost of goods sold is the cost of raw materials such as iron ore, coke, alloy and scrap steel. The costs of iron ore and coke account for approximately 85% of our total cost of sales. As a result, the cost of goods sold increased by 52.5% to $682.1 million in the first quarter 2011 from $447.3 million in the same period of 2010. The increase is mainly due to increasing sales volume and unit costs of raw materials as a result of the rise in iron ore and coke purchase prices.

Gross Profit

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

	Three months ended
(in thousands, except metric tons)	March 31, 2011								March 31, 2010								Change %
	Volume		Gross Profit			Margin %			Volume		Gross Profit			Margin %			Gross Profit
	(Unaudited)								(Unaudited)
Longmen Joint Venture		1,169,314	$	28,873			4.1	%		909,731	$	6,012			1.4	%		380.3	%
Other		19,625		(549	)		(47.4	)%		125,640		(279	)		(1.5	)%		96.0	%
Total Gross Profit of General Steel		1,188,939		28,324			4.0	%		1,035,371		5,733			1.3	%		394.1	%

The gross margin improved in the first quarter 2011 to 4.0% compared to 1.3% in the same period in 2010. The increase is predominantly attributable to the increase in the average selling price of rebar and the expanded capacity and production at Longmen Joint Venture resulting in the declined unit energy consumption and unit overhead expense.

The following chart illustrates the growth trend of company’s gross margin since first quarter 2010:

*The GP Margin for the fourth quarter of 2010 does not include the compensation payment from Shaanxi Steel Group.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

(in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011		March 31, 2010		Change %
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES	$	14,501	$	12,141		19.4	%
SG&A EXPENSES AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL REVENUE		2.0%		2.7%

Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, such as executive compensation, office expenses, legal and accounting charges, travel charges, transportation fees and various taxes increased 19.4% to $14.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011, compared to $12.1 million for the same period in 2010. The increase was mainly due to the rise of transportation and sales agent charges at Longmen Joint Venture related to the increase in shipment volume and long distance sales deliveries to markets in Henan, Hubei and Chongqing. SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue decreased slightly to 2.0% for the first quarter 2011 from 2.7% for the same period in 2010. The decrease is due to the increase of sales revenue as a result of expanded production capacity.

Income (Loss) from Operations

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

(in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011		March 31, 2010			Change %
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS	$	13,823	$	(6,408	)		(315.7)	%

Income from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2011 increased to $13.8 million from a loss of $6.4 million for the same period in 2010. The increase was predominantly due to the increase in gross profit caused by higher average selling price of rebar and increased capacity from two new completed blast furnaces constructed by Shaanxi Steel Group.

Other Income (Expense)

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

(in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011			March 31, 2010			Change %
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)

Interest income	$	1,063		$	1,120			(5.1	)%
Finance/Interest expense		(14,119	)		(10,963	)		28.8	%
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities		3,552			3,939			(9.8	)%
Loss on disposal of fixed assets		(397	)		-
Income from equity investment		1,655			1,682			(1.6	)%
Foreign currency transaction gain		619			-
Other non-operating income (expense), net		306			(4	)		(7,738.2	)%
Total other expenses, net	$	(7,321	)	$	(4,226	)		73.2	%

Total other expenses, net, for the three months ended March 31, 2011 were $7.3 million, a 73.2% increase compared to $4.2 million for the same period in 2010. The increase in total other expenses, net, was mainly a result of the combined effect of a $3.2 million increase in finance/interest expense and a decrease of $0.4 million in the change in fair value of derivative liabilities.

Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities

According to U.S. GAAP, our December 2007 notes, December 2007 warrants and the December 2009 warrants are considered derivatives and therefore must be valued at fair market value at each financial reporting date. One of the drivers used to calculate the value of the derivative is our stock price. Changes in our stock price cause gains or losses to the income statement item.

The change in fair value of derivative liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was a gain of $3.6 million compared to a gain of $3.9 million for the same period in 2010. This gain was due to a change in the price of our common stock as of March 31, 2011 compared to fiscal year-ended December 31, 2010. According to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States regarding valuing derivatives, the drop in our share price resulted in a $3.6 million gain for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

Net Income (Loss) before Noncontrolling Interest

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

(in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011		March 31, 2010			Change %
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST	$	5,829		(8,667	)		(167.3	)%

Net Income (Loss) attributable to General Steel Holdings, Inc.

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

(in thousands)	Three months ended
	March 31, 2011			March 31, 2010				Change %
	(Unaudited)			(Unaudited)
NET INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST		$	5,829		$	(8,667	)		(167.3	)%
LESS: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to the Noncontrolling Interest			3,225			(3,160	)		(202.1	)%
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTEREST		$	2,604		$	(5,507	)		(147.3	)%

Earnings per Share

Three months ended March 31, 2011 compared with three months ended March 31, 2010

Earnings (Loss) per Share	Three months ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	March 31, 2011		March 31, 2010			Change %
	(Unaudited)		(Unaudited)
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTROLLING INTEREST	$	2,604	$	(5,507	)		(147.3	)%

WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES
Basic		54,839,733		51,652,843			6.2	%
Diluted		54,839,733		51,652,843			6.2	%

EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE
Basic	$	0.05	$	(0.11	)		(145.5	)%
Diluted	$	0.05	$	(0.11	)		(145.5	)%

Income Taxes

We did not conduct any business and did not maintain any branch office in the United States during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Therefore, no provision for withholding of U.S. federal or state income taxes or tax benefits on the undistributed earnings and/or losses of our company has been made.

General Steel (China) is located in Tianjin Costal Economic Development Zone and is subject to an effective income tax rate of 25%.

Longmen Joint Venture is located in the Mid-West Region of China. It qualifies for the “Go-West” tax rate of 15% promulgated by the government. In 2010, the Chinese government announced that the “Go-West” tax initiative will extended for 10 years, and thus, the preferential tax rate of 15% will be in effect until 2020. This special tax treatment will be evaluated on a year-to-year basis by the local tax bureau.

Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture is located in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and is subject to an effective income tax rate of 25%.

Maoming Hengda is located in Guangdong province and subject to an effective income tax rate of 25%.

Tianwu Joint Venture is located in Tianjin Coastal Economic Development Zone and is subject to an effective income tax rate at 25%.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, we had a total tax provision of $0.7 million and a total tax benefit of $2.0 million, respectively.

We had cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries of approximately $4.4 million as of March 31, 2011. Such earnings are included in consolidated retained earnings and will continue to be indefinitely reinvested in internal operations. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. deferred taxes related to future repatriation of these earnings, nor is it practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes that would have to be provided if we concluded that such earnings will be remitted in the future.

We were incorporated in the United States and have incurred net operating losses for income tax purposes for the three months ended March 31, 2011 and for the year ended December 31, 2010. The net operating loss carry forwards for United States income taxes amounted to $1.9 million which may be available to reduce future years’ taxable income. These carry forwards will expire, if not utilized at the end of 2031. Management believes that the realization of the benefits from these losses appears uncertain due to our limited operating history and continuing losses for United States income tax purposes. Accordingly, we have provided a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset benefit to reduce the asset to zero. The valuation allowance as of March 31, 2011 was $0.6 million. Management will review this valuation allowance periodically and make adjustments as warranted.

Noncontrolling Interest

Noncontrolling interest mainly consists of Long Steel Group’s 40% interest in Longmen Joint Venture, Baotou Iron and Steel Group’s 20% interest in Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture, a 1% interest in Maoming by an individual and TME Group’s 40% interest in Tianwu Joint Venture.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable and accounts receivable-related party were $24.9 million as of March 31, 2011 compared to $17.6 million as of December 31, 2010. This increase was mainly due to Longmen Joint Venture’s deliveries made to a major government project for which we expect to collect payment in the coming months.

We recognize revenue when we ship products and pass title to the products to our customers and distributors. We extend short-term credit to our customers and distributors with good reputations and with whom we have long-term business relationships. We have not experienced any bad debt in these accounts. Also, we review our accounts receivable on a regular basis to determine if the bad debt allowance is adequate and adjust the allowance amount if needed. We believe the accounts receivable amount is collectible.

Inventories

We had an inventory balance of $521.1 million as of March 31, 2011 compared to $475.9 million as of December 31, 2010. Such balance is comprised of raw material and finished products. We increased our stock of finished goods in the first quarter 2011 believing that the selling price of rebar will increase in the upcoming months.

Inventory
(in thousands)	March 31, 2011		December 31, 2010		Change %
	(Unaudited)
Supplies	$	17,181	$	13,733		25.1	%
Raw materials		294,232		381,178		(22.8	) %
Finished goods		209,653		80,968		158.9	%

Total inventories	$	521,066	$	475,879		9.5	%

Liquidity and capital resources

As of March 31, 2011, we had cash and restricted cash totaling $292.3 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, we used cash flow from continuing operations, borrowings, cash and cash equivalents to fund working capital requirements, pay interest payments and capital expenditures and to make investments.

We believe our cash flows from operations, which include customer prepayments and vendor financing, existing cash balances, and credit facilities will be adequate to finance our working capital requirements, fund capital expenditures, make required debt and interest payments, pay taxes, and support our operating strategies.

The steel business is capital intensive and we utilize leverage greater than our industry peers, which we believe enables us to generate revenue compared to our shareholder equity at a rate higher than our industry peers. We utilize leverage in the form of credit from banks, vendor financing, customer deposits and from other sources. This blended form of financing reduces our reliance on any single source.

Short-term Notes Payable

As of March 31, 2011, we had $556.8 million in short-term notes payable liabilities, which are secured by restricted cash of $175.9 million and restricted notes receivable of $219.0 million and other assets. These are lines of credit extended by banks for a maximum of six months and are used to finance working capital. The short-term notes payable must be paid in full at maturity and credit availability is continued upon payment at maturity. There are no additional significant financial covenants. We pay zero interest on this type of credit as this is a monetary tool used by China’s central bank to inject liquidity into the Chinese monetary system.

Short-term Loans – Banks

As of March 31, 2011, we had $311.0 million in short-term bank loans. These are bank loans with a one year maturity and must be paid in full upon maturity. There are no additional significant financial covenants tied to these loans. Chinese banks have not been impacted as heavily by the financial crisis as U.S. banks and we believe our current creditors will renew their lending to us after our loans mature as they have in the past.

We are able to repay our short-term notes payables and short term bank loans upon maturity using available capital resources.

For more details about our debt, please see note 7 in our Notes to the financial statements included in this report.

Cash-flow

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2011 was an inflow of $54.6 million compared to an outflow of $22.0 million in the same period of 2010. This change was mainly due to the combination of the following factors:

Some non-cash items including net income, such as depreciation and amortization, bad debt recovery (allowance), inventory written-off, loss on disposal of equipment, stock issued for service and compensation, change in fair value of derivative instrument and income from investment and deferred tax assets, resulted in a cash inflow of $7.4 million.

Cash outflow resulting from the increase in notes receivable, accounts receivable, accounts receivable – related parties, other receivable-related parties, inventories, advances on inventory purchases, advances on inventory purchases – related parties, as well as a decrease in other payables-related parties, was $160.3 million, compared to an outflow of $78.8 million during the same period in 2010.

Cash inflow due to the decrease in other receivables, as well as the increase in accounts payable, accounts payable-related parties, other payables and accrued liabilities, customer deposits, customer deposits-related parties and taxes payable, totaled $201.7 million, compared to an inflow of $63.0 million during the same period in 2010.

Investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $35.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to cash inflow of $3.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Net cash outflow was driven by a decrease in the receipts from deposits due to sales representatives during this period.

Financing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011 compared to $27.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010.

Shelf Registration SEC Form S-3

On October 22, 2009, our shelf registration statement on Form S-3, for an aggregate offering amount of $60 million, was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). From time to time, we may sell common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, rights and units in one or more offerings. As discussed below, in December 2009, we consummated a registered direct offering using the Form S-3 shelf registration statement to issue common stock and warrants. We may sell the remaining securities registered on the Form S-3 shelf registration statement to or through underwriters, directly to investors, through agents or any combination of the foregoing.

Each time we offer securities under our Form S-3 shelf registration statement, we will file a prospectus supplement with the SEC containing more specific information about the particular offering. The prospectus supplements may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. The Form S-3 shelf registration statement may not be used to offer or sell securities without a prospectus supplement which includes a description of the method of sale and terms of the offering.

Impact of Inflation

We are subject to commodity price risks arising from price fluctuations in the market prices of the raw materials. We have generally been able to pass on cost increases through price adjustments. However, the ability to pass on these increases depends on market conditions influenced by the overall economic conditions in China. We manage our price risks through productivity improvements and cost-containment measures. We do not believe that inflation risk is material to our business or our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Compliance with Environmental Laws and Regulations

Longmen Joint Venture:

Together with our joint venture partners Long Steel Group and Shaanxi Steel Group, we have invested RMB580 million in a series of comprehensive projects to reduce our waste emissions of coal gas, water, and solid waste. In 2005, we received ISO 14001 certification for our overall environmental management system. We have received several awards from the Shaanxi provincial government as a result of our increased effort in environmental protection.

We have spent more than RMB57 million on a comprehensive waste water recycling and water treatment system. The 2,000 cubic meter/h treatment capacity system was implemented at the end of 2005. In 2010, 1.08 metric tons of new water was consumed per metric ton of steel produced.

We have one 10,000 cubic meter coke-oven gas tank, one 50,000 cubic meter blast furnace coal gas tank and one 80,000 cubic meter converter furnace coal gas tank to collect the residual coal gas produced from our facility and that of surrounding enterprises. We also have spent RMB230 million on a thermal power plant with two 25 Kilowatt generators that use the residual coal gas from the blast furnaces and converters as fuel to generate power.

We have several plants to further process solid waste generated from the steel making process into useful products such as construction materials, building blocks, porcelain tiles, curb tops, ornamental tiles, as well as other products.

In 2009, we treated and recycled about 6.8 million tons of waste water, 335,320 tons of slag, 130 million m³ of gas from the converters and 6.1 billion m³ of gas from the blast furnaces. We also reused 855,714 tons of hot steam and generated 433 million KWH of electricity.

Recently, we spent more than RMB60 million on the technical upgrade and renovation of the converters and RMB5.5 billion on the upgrade of the blast furnaces and sintering machines.

Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

There were no off-balance sheet arrangements in the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011 that have or we, in the opinion of management, likely to have current or future material effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

We have certain fixed contractual obligations and commitments that include future estimated payments. Changes in our business needs, cancellation provisions, changing interest rates, and other factors may result in actual payments differing from the estimates. We cannot provide certainty regarding the timing and amounts of payments. Throughout our operating history, we have funded our contractual obligations and commercial commitments through financing arrangements and operating cash flow, including but not limited to, the operating income, payments collected from the customers in advance and stock issuances. Below, we have presented a summary of the most significant assumptions used in our determination of amounts presented in the tables, in order to assist in the review of this information within the context of our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

The following tables summarize our contractual obligations as of March 31, 2011 and the effect these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods.

	Payment due by period
			Less than
Contractual obligations	Total		1 year		1-3 years		4- 5 years
	(in thousands)
Bank loans	$	311,020	$	311,020	$	-	$	-
Other loans		196,347		196,347		-		-
Notes payable		556,812		556,812		-		-
Deposits due to sales representatives		28,416		28,416				-
Lease with Bao Gang Group		342		274		68		-
Construction obligations - Longmen Joint Venture and Maoming Hengda Steel		6,054		6,054		-		-
Total (Unaudited)	$	1,098,991	$	1,098,923	$	68	$	-

Bank loans in China are due either on demand or, more typically, within one year. These loans can be renewed with the banks. This amount includes estimated interest payments as well as debt maturities.

As of March 31, 2011, Longmen Joint Venture guaranteed bank loans for related parties and third parties, including lines of credit, amounting to $118.2 million.

	Guarantee
Nature of	amount
guarantee	In thousands		Guaranty period
Line of credit	$	62,435	Various from May 2011 to September 2012
Bank Loans		15,755	Various from May 2011 to August 2012
Notes payable		4,566	Various from May 2011 to August 2012
Confirming Storage		34,568	Various from April 2011 to December 2011
Financing by the rights of goods delivery in future		913	April 2011
Total (unaudited)	$	118,237

Critical Accounting Policies

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Our financial statements reflect the selection and application of accounting policies which require management to make significant estimates and judgments. See Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.” Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

We believe that the following reflect the more critical accounting policies that currently affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Revenue recognition

We follow the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States regarding revenue recognition. Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, we have no other significant obligations and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are recorded as customer deposits. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added tax (VAT). All our products sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese VAT at a rate of 13% to 17% of the gross sales price. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by us on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing the finished product.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant accounting estimates reflected in our financial statements include fair value of financial instruments, the useful lives of and impairment for property, plant and equipment, potential losses on uncollectible receivables and convertible notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Financial instruments

The accounting standard regarding “disclosures about fair value of financial instruments” defines financial instruments and requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by us. We consider the carrying amount of cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities to approximate their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization. For short-term loans and notes payable, we concluded the carrying values are a reasonable estimate of fair value because of the short period of time between the origination and repayment and their stated interest rate approximates current rates available.

We also analyze all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under the accounting standard establishing, “Accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity,” the accounting standard regarding “Accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities” and “Accounting for derivative financial instruments indexed to, and potentially settled in, a company’s own stock.” Additionally, we analyze registration rights agreements associated with any equity instruments issued to determine if penalties triggered for late filing should be accrued under accounting standard establishing “Accounting for registration payment arrangements.”

Fair Value Measurements

The accounting standards regarding fair value of financial instruments and related fair value measurement define fair value, establish a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement and enhance disclosures requirements for fair value measures. The three levels are defined as follow:

Level 1: inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2: inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.

Level 3: inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

The December 2007 Warrants issued in conjunction with the December 2007 Notes and December 2009 Warrants issued in connection with a registered direct offering, were carried at fair value. The fair value was determined using the Cox Rubenstein Binomial Model. Because all inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices are observable, fair value is carried as level 2 inputs, and the change in earnings was recorded. As a result, the derivative liability is carried on the balance sheet at its fair value.

Noncontrolling Interest

Effective January 1, 2009, we adopted generally accepted accounting principals regarding noncontrolling interests in our consolidated financial statements. Certain provisions of this statement are required to be adopted retrospectively for all periods presented. Such provisions include a requirement that the carrying value of noncontrolling interests (previously referred to as minority interests) be removed from the mezzanine section of the balance sheet and reclassified as equity.

Further, as a result of the adoption of this accounting standard, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is now excluded, from the determination of consolidated net income. In addition, the foreign currency translation adjustment is allocated between controlling and non-controlling interests.

As a result, we reclassified non-controlling interests in the amounts of $74.4 million and $70.9 million from the mezzanine section to equity on the March 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 balance sheets, respectively.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-13, “Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Effect of Denominating the Exercise Price of a Share-Based Payment Award in the Currency of the Market in Which the Underlying Equity Security Trades,” or ASU 2010-13. ASU 2010-13 provides amendments to Topic 718 to clarify that an employee share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in currency of a market in which a substantial porting of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a condition that is not a market, performance, or service condition. Therefore, an entity would not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies as equity. The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2010. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-17 to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2010-20 which amend “Receivables” (Topic 310). ASU 2010-20 is intended to provide additional information to assist financial statement users in assessing an entity’s risk exposures and evaluating the adequacy of its allowance for credit losses. The disclosures as of the end of a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2010. The disclosures about activity that occurs during a reporting period are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010. The amendments in ASU 2010-20 encourage, but do not require, comparative disclosures for earlier reporting periods that ended before initial adoption. However, an entity should provide comparative disclosures for those reporting periods ending after initial adoption. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2010-20 to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-28 which amend “Intangibles- Goodwill and Other” (Topic 350). The ASU modifies Step 1 of the goodwill impairment test for reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts. For those reporting entities, they are required to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test if it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. An entity should consider whether there are any adverse qualitative factors indicating that impairment may exist. The qualitative factors are consistent with the existing guidance in Topic 350, which requires that goodwill of a reporting unit be tested for impairment between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances changes that would more likely than not reduce the faire value of a reporting unit below its carrying amount. ASU 2010-28 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is not permitted. Our Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU; however, we do not expect the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU 2010-29 which address diversity in practice about the interpretation of the pro forma revenue and earnings disclosure requirements for business combinations (Topic 805). This ASU specifies that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. This ASU also expands the supplemental pro forma disclosures under Topic 805 to include a description of the nature and amount of material, nonrecurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings. ASU 2010-29 is effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. Our Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU and expected the adoption of this ASU will have an impact on our future business combinations.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Commodity Price Risk and Related Risks

In the normal course of our business, we are exposed to market risk or price fluctuations related to the purchase, production or sale of steel products over which we have little or no control. We do not use any derivative commodity instruments to manage the price risk. Our market risk strategy has generally been to obtain competitive prices for our products and allow operating results to reflect market price movements dictated by supply and demand. Based upon a 2010 annual production capacity of 7 million metric tons, a $1 change in the annual average price of our steel products would change annual pre-tax profits by approximately $7 million.

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to interest rate risk since our outstanding debt is short-term and bears interest at variable interest rates. The future interest expense could fluctuate in case of any change in the borrowing rates. We do not use swaps or other interest rate protection agreements to hedge this risk. We believe our exposure to interest rate risk is not material.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Our operating units, General Steel (China), Longmen Joint Venture, Baotou Steel Pipe Joint Venture, Maoming Hengda, and Tianwu Joint Venture are all located in the PRC. They produce and sell all of their products domestically in the PRC. They are subject to the foreign currency exchange rate risks due to the effects of fluctuations in the RMB on revenues and operating costs and existing assets or liabilities. We have not generally used derivative instruments to manage this risk. A ten percent (10%) decrease in RMB exchange rate would have resulted in a $0.05 million decrease in net income for the three months ended March 31, 2011.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

We, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), as of March 31, 2011. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed (i) to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2011 in alerting management on a timely basis to information required to be included in our submissions and filings under the Exchange Act.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act.

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

From time to time, we are subject to certain legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of our business. Although we cannot predict the outcomes of these legal proceedings, we do not believe these actions, in the aggregate, will have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

To our knowledge and except to the extent additional factual information disclosed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relates to such risk factors, there have been no material changes in the risk factors described in “ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which was filed with the SEC on March 16, 2011.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table provides information relating to our purchases of our common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2011:

Period	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs		Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

January 1, 2011 - January 31, 2011		396,900	$	2.84		396,900		286,340
February 1, 2011 - February 28, 2011		-	$	-		-		-
March 1, 2011 - March 31, 2011		-	$	-		-		-

Total (unaudited)		396,900	$	2.84		396,900		286,340

On December 21, 2010, we issued a press release announcing that our Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to an aggregate of one million (1,000,000) shares of our common stock as part of a share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program does not have an expiration date and these repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable law. As of May 9, 2011, we have repurchased 979,481 total shares of common stock in open market transactions at an average per share price of $2.65 under the Share Repurchase Program since its inception.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

(a) Exhibits

3.1	Articles of Incorporation of General Steel Holdings, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form SB-2 filed with the Commission on June 6, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).

3.2	Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated February 22, 2005 (included as Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 10-K filed March 16, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

3.3	Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated November 14, 2007 (included as Exhibit 3.3 to the Form 10-K filed March 16, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

3.4	Bylaws of General Steel Holdings, Inc. (included as Exhibit 3.5 to the Form 10-K filed March 16, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

31.1	Certification of the CEO (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.

31.2	Certification of the CFO (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.

32.1	Certification of the CEO (Principal Executive Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.

32.2	Certification of the CFO (Principal Financial Officer) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

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.

Date: May 10, 2011	By: /s/ Zuosheng Yu
	Zuosheng Yu
	Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Date: May 10, 2011	By: /s/ John Chen
	John Chen
	Director and Chief Financial Officer

GENERAL STEEL HOLDINGS INC - FORM 10-Q - May 10, 2011

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