Tangshan Further Enhances Management And Control Measures On Production Suspension

On July 19, the government of Tangshan issued a notice for further enhancing management and contro measures on production suspension. As the air quality was expected to be bad from July 19 to July 24, the government asked steel enterprises to suspend production of some facilities from 16:00 of July 19 to 16:00 ot July 24 on the basis of the management and control measures for July. Please see the following major measures:On the basis of the management and control measures for July iron and steel enterprises that keep sintering machines in operation should suspend production of more machines. Tangyin Steel should shut down two sintering machines of 90 square meters: Ruifeng Iron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 200 square meters: Kaiheng Iron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 198 square meters; Jing'an Iron and Steel shoul shut down a sintering machine of 120 square meters; Guoyi Special Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 120 square meters: Tianzhu Iron and Steel should shut down a sinterino machine of 208 square meters: Donghai Special Steel should shut down two sintering machines of 180 square meters: Donghai lron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 198 square meters: Rongxin Iron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 200 square meters; Xinda lron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 160 square meters; Jiujiang Wre Praducts should shut down a sintering machine of 152 square meters; Yanshan Iron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 300 square meters;Songting Iron and Steel should shut down a sintering machine of 198 square meters. The production suspension must be implementedThe produc tion suspension rate of pelletizing and lime kiln should be not lower than 50%. Relevant departments will help to maximize the utilization ratio of coal gas users, minimize the spreading of coal gas from blast furnaces and converters and ensure ignition and spreading of those facilities which really need to spread.From 20:00 to 8:00 of the next day. casting and independent steel-rolling machines should suspend production.