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Chinese steel industry struggling to reduce emissions
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Report summary
The Chinese steel industry is being blamed as one of the main sources of the toxic smog blanketing the Hebei province. This has forced the Chinese government to take serious action, temporarily shutting some steel plants and putting in place stricter emissions regulations. This insight calculates the likely cost to steel plants of complying with the new regulations and the implications to the Chinese steel industry and iron ore supply.
Table of contents
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Executive summary
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Sources of airborne emissions
- Table 1: Sources of air pollutants
- Emission reduction on track, but with a long way to go
- Environmental capital cost and operating cost
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Implication of emission reduction on steel industry
- Cost escalation
- Pellet/Lump premium
- Capacity Closure
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Sources of airborne emissions
Tables and charts
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Chart 1: Dust and soot, SO2 emission rates of CISA key enterprisesChart 2 SO2 emission (kg/tonne-steel)Chart 3 Dust and soot emission (kg/tonne-steel)
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Chart 4 Environmental capex (US$/tonne-steel)Chinese steel industry struggling to reduce emissions: Image 5Chart 5 Environmental opex (US$/tonne-steel)Chinese steel industry struggling to reduce emissions: Table 2Chart 6: Environmental opex for steel plants with backward and advanced in emission reduction (RMB/tonne crude steel)Chinese steel industry struggling to reduce emissions: Table 1
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