The never-before-seen measures meted out by China's Tangshan provincial government could cut hundreds of thousands of tonnes per day in steel output and hit raw material demand in 2021, market sources told Fastmarkets.
Tangshan's environmental protection office said on Friday March 19 that it is looking to tighten its grip on air pollution in the city, especially after it found that not all steelmakers had abided by production restrictions in the previous round of controls.The steelmaking city could see a shortfall of 106,000 tonnes per day...