Tangshan steelmakers felt limited impact from earthquake

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.

In order to further consolidate the results of air quality improvement, Tangshan will implement emission reduction measures during September 1-30, 2021.

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A draft plan for air quality control in the top steelmaking hub of Tangshan in July has been released, which is estimated to affect production of molten iron 160,000 mt per day, according to SMM calculations.

A draft plan of air quality control in Tangshan in June was announced. Steelmakers that are graded as A and B on their environmental status will continue to be exempted from production restrictions in June

Stocks rose 1.28 million mt from a week ago to 118.79 million mt as of Oct 25

About 194,000 mt of HRC arrived at Shanghai, Lecong and Tianjin, this week, down 52,000 mt from last week

This would come on top of the curtailments required by the city’s smog control plan for Jul