[Tangshan "not flat", Wu'an "up again"-environmental protection and production restrictions have not yet died down]

Published: Jul 09, 2019 18:36 (GMT+8)

A few days ago, Wu'an City air pollution prevention and control work and my leading group issued "Wu'an 2019 iron and steel coking water reverse industry in the third quarter of air pollution prevention and control implementation plan", the "notice" not only stipulates that Wenfeng, Wen'an, Mingfang and four recent enterprises in the main urban area increase the production load by 5% respectively, but also clearly stipulates the specific production restriction measures for 14 local iron and steel, 6 coking and 2 cement enterprises. According to the documents, the production restriction in this round is stricter than the interim notice on differential Control of Iron and Steel, Coking and cement Industry in July 2019 issued by Wu'an City on June 30, and the production restriction time has been extended from July to August, and the production restriction has been strengthened. According to SMM estimates, if strictly implemented according to the documents, it is estimated that the production limit will affect sintering capacity of 5.1605 million tons, pig iron production capacity of 2.0453 million tons, iron ore demand of 3.518 million tons (compared with the previous production restrictions measures to increase sintering capacity of 3.1889 million tons, pig iron of 1.2319 million tons, iron ore demand of 2.1261 million tons). In addition, as the production lines of enterprises in local areas are mainly bar and plate, the impact of strict production restrictions on snails and lines will also increase.


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