Inner Mongolia will be the first region to start China's drive to reduce energy-hungry industrial projects such as coking coal from 2021 onward, a draft notice seen by Fastmarkets said.
Coal processing plants in the province's Langkou Jinquan Industrial Park have already stopped production and are awaiting further notice from the government. Facilities received a verbal notification to shut for a month on March 1 after local energy consumption had already exceeded statutory limits, Fastmarkets understands.There are about 15 coal processing plants in the Langkou Jinquan Industrial Park, with a combined capacity of about 20 million tonnes per year, one local information provider said.Inner Mongolia accounted for about one...