[October 17 SMM Steel City Morning News] the curtain of production restriction in autumn and winter has been lifted, and various localities have issued environmental protection policies one after another.

Published: Oct 17, 2019 08:57 (GMT+8)

Thursday, 17 October 2019

Breakfast news

Rising factor

1. Ministry of Ecological Environment issues Action Plan for Comprehensive Control of Air pollution in Autumn and Winter 2019-2020 in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and surrounding areas

October 16, Ministry of Ecological Environment issued the "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas of autumn and winter air pollution comprehensive control action plan". The plan requires that during autumn and winter in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and surrounding areas (from October 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), the average concentration of PM2.5 will be reduced by 4% compared with the same period last year, and the number of days of severe and above pollution will be reduced by 6% compared with the By the end of December 2019, Tianjin closed one blast furnace of 588 cubic meters of Rongcheng Iron and Steel; Hebei Province reduced steel production capacity of 14 million tons, coke production capacity of 3 million tons, cement production capacity of 1 million tons, flat glass production capacity of 6.6 million weight boxes; Shanxi Province reduced steel production capacity of 1.75 million tons, closed and eliminated coke production capacity of 10 million tons; Shandong Province reduced coking capacity of 10.31 million tons. Hebei Province will speed up the reduction of pig iron blast furnaces and converters of less than 1000 cubic meters for steelmaking.

two。 Handan City launches Orange warning of heavy pollution Weather

According to the "letter on recent Air quality Forecast and Control suggestions" of the Provincial Environmental Emergency and heavy pollution Weather warning Center, the ground is affected by weak southerly wind, the humidity is higher in the morning and evening, and the atmospheric diffusion conditions gradually deteriorate. From the 17th to the 19th, there may be a severe pollution process in our city. The Municipal heavy pollution Weather Emergency Command decided to activate the level II emergency response from 12:00 on October 16.

Production: industrial enterprises reasonable regulation and control of production plans, October 16 from 12:00 in strict accordance with the "Handan City 2019 heavy pollution weather emergency emission reduction list" orange early warning (level II) differential emission reduction measures in place. Among them, the key enterprises listed in the "production Regulation and Control Plan for key Industries in Handan City from September to December 2019" were strictly implemented, enterprises and production equipment in the state of shutdown continued to stop production, and other enterprises and equipment implemented orange early warning (level II) emission reduction measures.

Downstream: in addition to emergency rescue, the construction site to stop earthwork operations, building demolition, painting, and so on; included in the positive list of key projects to strictly implement the "six hundred percent" and "two full coverage" requirements, do a good job in dust prevention measures. Mines, sand and stone factories, stone factories, slate factories, etc., stop open-air operations.

3. Taiyuan measures to deal with heavy pollution Weather

Taiyuan City announced the "Taiyuan City heavy pollution weather emergency plan." In the mandatory emission reduction measures, under the premise of ensuring the normal operation of the city, the control measures are more differentiated and accurate. In terms of measures for reducing emissions from mobile sources, key industries such as iron and steel, coking, non-ferrous metals, electric power, chemical industry, coal and glass, and enterprises involved in transportation of bulk raw materials and products will also be implemented in accordance with the requirements for early warning of vehicle transport emission reduction in the "Industrial Source Emission reduction list".

 

Falling factor

1. Orders for hand-held ships fell 8.2% at the end of September compared with the same period last year.

From January to September, 29.36 million deadweight tons were completed nationwide, an increase of 6.7 percent over the same period last year. Orders for new ships were 19.47 million deadweight tons, down 27.4 per cent from a year earlier. At the end of September, orders for hand-held ships were 79.41 million deadweight tons, down 8.2 per cent from a year earlier and 11.1 per cent from the end of 2018. From January to September, 27.51 million deadweight tons were completed for export ships, up 9 percent from the same period last year; 18.42 million deadweight tons were accepted for export ships, down 22.3 percent from the same period last year; and 72.98 million deadweight tons were ordered for hand-held export ships at the end of September, down 5 percent from the same period last year. Export ships accounted for 93.7%, 94.6% and 91.9% of the national shipbuilding completion, new orders and handheld orders, respectively.

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