Chinese Engineering and Mining Co
of London
1877 Robert Reginald Burnett was appointed Engineer-in-Chief
1912 At an Extraordinary General Meeting, held on the 7th day of June 1912, the Liquidator of the Company was authorized to register a new Company, to be called the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, W. F. Turner was chairman of the meeting[1]
1912 Company formed. Its assets consisted of the Kailan Mining Administration in China[2]
1941 Japanese invaders seized the mines in China.
Since 1950 the company's business had been as an investment holding company although it still had a claim against the Chinese People's Government.
1956 The Chinese Engineering and Mining Co acquired Knitmaster Group[3]. The name of the holding company was changed to Knitmaster Holdings[4]