Most of China's Steel Sector Will Meet Ultra Low Emissions Standards by the End of 2025
From this article in Big Mint:
With six months left before 2025 - the final year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan period - wraps up, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) is confident that 80% of crude steel capacity nationwide will complete ultra-low emissions upgrading by then, Mysteel Global has learnt. The target was initially set in an official document published in 2019 - Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in Iron and Steel Industry - which marked the beginning of China's campaign to promote ultra-low emissions among steelmakers, Mysteel Global notes. The ultra-low emission standards for steel mills mandate caps on pollutant emissions during the whole steelmaking process, including requirements on raw materials stocking and on means of transportation, as the document stipulates. Over the past few years, China has made continuous progress in advancing ultra-low emission transformation in the steel sector. By 20 April this year, about 591 million tonnes (mnt) of steel capacity owned by 141 Chinese steelmakers had reached full-process ultra-low emissions, and 169 mnt of crude steel capacity owned by another 47 steelmakers had partially accomplished ultra-low emissions, according to the data from CISA.
