Affected by the dual control of energy consumption and the power rationing policy, a steel mill in Guangxi will reduce its hot rolled coil output by about 30% in October, and the same proportion of customer orders for the month will be adjusted.

China's import volume of unwrought copper and copper semis in August were 393,900 mt, a year-on-year decrease of 41.07%, and a month-on-month decrease of 7.2%. The imports from January to August were 3.61 million mt, a year-on-year decrease of 15.4%.

This is a roundup of news in the steel industry for last week.

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The government of Fengrun district of Tangshan, China’s top steelmaking hub, has urged local steel companies to tighten production controls between 12:00 CST June 27 and 24:00 CST June 30, in the face of unfavourable weather conditions for dispersing air pollutants.

Industrial enterprises have to cut pollutant emission by no less than 30%

Companies which have achieved the emission standards and are in the "positive" list will be exempt from output restrictions amid smog alert.

This came on top of the city’s smog-control plan for Sep, which came not as stringent as that for Aug

Sintering, pelletising machines of Category A steel mills will face a cut of 20%

This had limited impact on local production of refined lead, as most producers purchased crude lead from other areas