Handan escalated smog alert to red December 24

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.18 million mt per day in the last 11 days of January, down 1.87% from mid-January and up 9.22% from the same period a year ago.

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported Wednesday that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.2 million mt per day in the first 10 days of December, up 4.6% from late November and up 11.96% from the same period a year ago.

Xintian Steel Group Zhasan Iron & Steel was required to eliminate all of its capacity to comply with Tianjin’s steel industry policies following the issuance of Work Plan to Fight and Prevent Pollution in 2019 on July 3, 2018. As of September 17, 2020, Zhasan Iron & Steel has shut down completely, resulting in a daily loss of 8,000 mt of pig iron output. The mill mainly produced steel billets and had two 1,260 m³ blast furnaces and two 120 mt converters, with annual steel capacity of 3 million mt.

Operating rates of blast furnaces (BFs) at Chinese steelmakers extended declines as decreased profits prompted steel mills to conduct maintenance.

SMM data showed that HRC stocks across social warehouses and steelmakers increased 2.3% in the week ended July 23 to 3.86 million mt, smaller than a 3.72% gain in the previous week.

Inventories of steel rebar across Chinese steelmakers and social warehouses continued to climb this week, as markets in central, east and south-west China have not shaken off the impact of the rainy season. But consumption in south China saw a resurgence as the wet season ends, which is strong evidence of local stepping-up construction work. 

The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) reported Saturday that crude steel output across major mills in China averaged 2.14 million mt per day in the last 10 days of June, barely changed from the record high level seen in the middle of June.

Handan, a major steelmaking hub in north China’s Hebei province, will activate level II response to heavy pollution on 14:00 CST February 26, according to a statement by the city government

China produced 77.62 million mt of crude steel in Nov, up 10.8% year on year

Jiangsu has required mills in heavy industry to cut emissions by 30% or 50% from Nov 2018 to Feb 2019