McMoran Global Steel

"The McMoran MD-118 Mass Driver is the first piece of accelerated stock to be constructed on such a scale, and certainly the first to operate extraterestrially," said Sean Murphy. "The selection of McMoran for this contract by the Chinese government is a major step towards closer economic ties between China and the U.S."

- Sean Murphy, 2052

McMoran Global Steel was a corporation contracted by the Chinese government to construct a landmark device for the Zhou Enlai Lunar Mining Complex: A state of the art MD-118 to deliver lunar ore to Earth by launching it from the lunar surface. McMoran has the distinction of being one of the few corporations to win a fight with Page Industries: The bitter bidding war culminated in a failed hostile takeover attempt by Page. Although McMoran won the bid, the first launch was sabotaged by Page's agents, resulting in the payload slamming into the outskirts of Ibadan, Nigeria, with the force of a small nuclear weapon, embarrassing China and McMoran. The corporation vowed to investigate the tragedy together with the Chinese government and the United Nations.