Basic oxygen furnaces could be exempt from Tangshan's emission curbs

The municipal government of Tangshan - China's steelmaking hub in the northern region - has suggested that basic oxygen furnaces no longer come under production restrictions due to the low level of pollutants that they emit.

In a notice released late on Monday May 31, it also suggested a relaxation of the rates of emissions cuts by steel mills in the city to 20-30% from the more stringent 30-50% currently in place.
It suggested the rate for Chunxing Special Steel, Tangshan Plate, Donghua Steel, Xinda Steel and Songting Steel to be lowered to 30% from 50%, and for another 15 steel mills' emissions reduction rate to be lowered by 20%, instead of 30%.

This is in line with the central Chinese government's proposal of using market-oriented methods to cool down red-hot commodity markets, including steel, iron...

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