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Steel mills in China’s top producing province
of Hebei have been ordered to limit output, in a bid to ensure blue skies for
the once-every-five-year Communist Party Congress that starts in Beijing later
this month, according to local media.
Cuts of 30% to 50% will be applied to the
sintering process, where iron ore is readied for the blast furnace to be forged
into steel, outlets including Coke Union Information and
Calian reported. The latter said the restrictions will apply from Oct. 14 to
Oct. 22. Hebei, which neighbors Beijing, has made headway in reducing capacity
in recent years but still accounts for about a fifth of national production.