In the Guye district of Tangshan, a steelmaking hub in northern China, steel mills have been ordered to observe a 50% production cut ahead of the winter heating season to help curb air pollution.
The district government released a document on Monday October 8 that said local steel mills should implement the cut between October 11 and November 14 - which is around a month before the winter heating season, the document said.Previously only 21.7% of Tangshan's local steel production was restricted in winter, "which is not...