Tangshan to launch heavy pollution weather emergency response II

People's Government of Tangshan announced on October 30, 2019 that according to requirements of Notice for Heavy Pollution Weather Orange Alert and Emergency Response II for Region 1&2 released by the office for air pollution prevention and control of Hebei, the municipal government decided to launch heavy pollution weather emergency response II from 8:00 a.Asian Metal Copyright 3.Asian Metal Copyrightm.Asian Metal Copyright In short-process iron and steel industry, independent sintering, pelletizing and rolling enterprises should suspend production.Asian Metal Copyright of October 31, 2019, and the time of removal will be separately notified.

The major measures for production restriction and suspension of industrial sources including:

1. In iron and steel industry, enterprises with performance level of B should suspend sintering machine and pelletizing facilities; if the alert time excesses 120 hours, these enterprises should halt 50% (including) or more of production on the basis of production line after the 120 hours.Asian Metal Copyright 3.Asian Metal Copyright All lime kilns should suspend production.Asian Metal Copyright Enterprises with performance level of C should suspend sintering machine and pelletizing facilities; if the alert time excesses 120 hours, these enterprises should halt 50% including or more of production after the 120 hours.Asian Metal Copyright Coking chambers of 6m and more should extend coking time to 28 hours and those of 6m and less should extend coking time to 36 hours.Asian Metal Copyright Enterprises with performance level of C should suspend sintering machine and pelletizing facilities; if the alert time excesses 120 hours, these enterprises should halt 50% including or more of production after the 120 hours.Asian Metal Copyright Enterprises with performance level of C should suspend sintering machine and pelletizing facilities; if the alert time excesses 120 hours, these enterprises should halt 50% (including) or more of production after the 120 hours.Asian Metal Copyright Coking chambers of 6m and more should extend coking time to 28 hours and those of 6m and less should extend coking time to 36 hours.Asian Metal Copyright All blast furnaces should halt 50% (including) or more of production based on per blast furnace.Asian Metal Copyright 3.Asian Metal Copyright All lime kilns should suspend production.Asian Metal Copyright In refractories production industry using high temperature kilns, enterprises using coal as fuel should halt production; enterprises that don't use natural gas, coal gas and liquefied gas as fuel should halt 50% including or more of production on the basis of production line.Asian Metal Copyright Coking chambers of 6m and more should extend coking time to 28 hours and those of 6m and less should extend coking time to 36 hours.

2. Coking and chemical enterprises with performance level of B and C should extend coking time to 36 hours.

3. In short-process iron and steel industry, independent sintering, pelletizing and rolling enterprises should suspend production.

4. In casting industry, enterprises with performance level of A can take emission reduction measures independently; enterprises with performance level of B and C should halt all gas emission related processes.

5. In ceramic industry (including building ceramics producers, independent dry blank manufacturing or burning, independent decoration firing process, etc.Asian Metal CopyrightPeople's Government of Tangshan announced on October 30, 2019 that according to requirements of Notice for Heavy Pollution Weather Orange Alert and Emergency Response II for Region 12 released by the office for air pollution prevention and control of Hebei, the municipal government decided to launch heavy pollution weather emergency response II from 8:00 a.Asian Metal Copyright), enterprises with performance level of B should halt 50% (including) or more of roasting process on the basis of production line; enterprises with performance level of C should suspend production.

6. In refractories production industry (using high temperature kilns), enterprises using coal as fuel should halt production; enterprises that don't use natural gas, coal gas and liquefied gas as fuel should halt 50% (including) or more of production on the basis of production line.
.Asian Metal Copyright Enterprises with performance level of C should suspend sintering machine and pelletizing facilities; if the alert time excesses 120 hours, these enterprises should halt 50% including or more of production after the 120 hours.Asian Metal Copyright