Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel to cut sintering, blast furnace capacity on Sep 25

SHANGHAI, Sep 23 (SMM) – Jiyuan Iron & Steel in central China’s Henan province was required to halve capacity of blast furnaces and close all capacity of sintering, pellet-making for five days from September 25, according to the environmental bureau of Jiyuan city on Monday September 23. 

Half of the suspended capacity was allowed to resume on October 1. Steelmaking capacity of Jiyuan Iron & Steel could also face a 50% cut during September 25-October 1.