Many Companies in Tangshan Halted Sintering Machines as Environmental Protection Restrictions Tightened

SHANGHAI, Oct 21 (SMM) - Recently, iron and steel enterprises in Tangshan have gradually tightened production restrictions. According to the latest requirements of the Tangshan Chamber of Commerce on October 20, the sintering machines of iron and steel enterprises will continue to operate in the daytime and stop production at 10:00 pm. on October 20, and will resume production at 8 am on October 21.

Except for Hegang, Tangzhonghou and Delong which will keep one sintering machine in production, the rest of the sintering machines will be shut down as required. At present, the Department of Atmosphere of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is carrying out supervision and inspection on the management and control of scattered coal in all counties and districts, and the Law Enforcement Bureau of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment is carrying out supervision and inspection on steel enterprises.

It is expected that in the short term, environmental protection inspections at all levels in Tangshan will be more frequent than before.