Steel mills are required to restrict production capacity by 20% from April to June. While from November to March this rate was 30%. Five sources told Reuters about it.
North China is suffering from smog, and Beijing has mandated winter steel production limits for two years. Local authorities have not yet commented on this decision. But it is obvious that lowering production in winter does not reduce the amount of harmful emissions into the atmosphere.
A manager at a Tangshan plant that produces 11 million metric tons of alloy annually says it will not be easy to adhere to the restrictions, but inspections and pressure from officials oblige companies to do so.
The factories are divided into three regions, each of which will impose restrictions in turn.
