From a history of 'great developments'... In 1916, mining engineer K.C. Li founded a trading company for the refinement and export or tungsten and antimony ores from his native China. Li called his new company Wah Chang, meaning "great development" - and over the next several decades his company earned that name, pioneering the creation of new specialty metals and alloys. Starting with 140 employees and a single building on 45 acres, Wah Chang expanded its repertoire of refractory and reactive m...