Hebei to shut down 20 blast furnaces under 1,000 cubic meters this year
2021-05-07 14:56:57 [Print]
On the afternoon of April 29, the Information Office of Hebei Provincial Government held a press conference on "Air Environmental Quality of Hebei Province in Q1 2021". He Litao, a member of the party group, deputy director and spokesperson of the Hebei Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, introduced the key tasks of comprehensive control for air pollution in Hebei this year, and said that it is necessary to accelerate the elimination of inefficiency and excess capacity, shut down 20 blast furnaces under 1,000 cubic meters, 20 converters with an annual capacity of less than 100 tons and 5 coal-fired generating units, and accelerate the relocation of key polluting enterprises such as Hansteel, Xingtai Iron & Steel, and Tangshan Huaxi Iron and Steel from urban area.
