They are likely to face cuts of at least 50% from Sept 1, as the city mulls earlier winter cuts to improve its air quality ranking

It achieved over 80% of its annual capacity cut target on crude steel, by eliminating crude steel overcapacity of 24.7 million mt in Jan-Jul

The Shandong government started a new round of environmental probes across the province from the middle of this month

Tangshan required steel mills in the north-east to cut half of the production of their sintering machines during Aug 16-17

China’s import window for nickel is likely to stay open on a short but frequent basis with rising domestic demand and low inventory

Following suspensions of blast furnaces on Aug 12, some 17,000 mt of total daily production of rebar and wire rod will be affected

Operations of small secondary lead smelters in Guangdong are likely to be deterred by stricter control on pollutant discharge

China’s latest 25% tariffs on $16 billion worth of US goods starting Aug 23 are expected to deter copper scrap imports

New-energy passenger vehicle sales in China came in at 42,000 units in Jul