A breath of fresh(er) air - Chinese cuts expected to reduce steel production by 33 million mt

摘要

China plans to reduce crude steelproduction by approximately 33 millionmt over winter in an attempt to balancethe spike in pollution during China’swinter heating season. However,reports from Tangshan are that theair quality is currently bleak and theprovincial government has responded bycommencing capacity suspensions onOctober 12 2017 – ahead of mid-Novemberas originally planned.