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Home / Metal News / Flash: Tangshan to suspend steel production till Mar 14 on pollution woes

Flash: Tangshan to suspend steel production till Mar 14 on pollution woes

Mar 12, 2018 16:56

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To fight severe air pollution, the city of Tangshan issued an emergency notice for all steel mills to suspend operations between March 12-14, SMM learned.

SHANGHAI, Mar 12 (SMM) – To fight severe air pollution, the city of Tangshan issued an emergency notice for all steel mills to suspend operations between March 12-14, SMM learned.

Puyang Steel in Hebei Province will close two blast furnaces of 680m³ and 1080m³ from March 12-16, and maintain two blast furnaces with a combined daily output of 8,000 mt.

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