Tangshan again environmental policies boost to higher steel prices

Since last year, haze weather appear frequently in north China, plus the PM2. Five values appeared deteriorating air quality, attract the attention from all walks of life. Steel industry as a high energy consumption, high pollution industry, is regarded as the chief culprit of air quality becomes poor, hebei province as the first big province, steel steel production accounted for one quarter of the country, bearing the brunt. Since this year, tang shan area rumours about environmental protection. We will this year three environmental fallout is summarized as follows: the first is in March, March 13 solstice on March 28, environmental protection based on tangshan 128 key environmental polluters do investigate, because the only for screening, to recover from the market was not supported. The second wave is in May, the tangshan city environmental protection bureau issued by substandard notices about environmental protection units, file for some substandard enterprises equipment for power regulation; Does not meet the national industrial policy of 31 enterprises backward production equipment compulsory elimination; For environmental protection procedures, mining license, the mining license extended 136 quarry closed to ban. This regulation involves steel blast furnace were 22 cities, from 15 380 cubic meters. According to our understanding, these devices are early stopping, abandoned equipment, had a little effects on the output of steel. The third wave, namely the 9th tangshan city environmental protection bureau to send files on the heavy air pollution days notice of pollutant emission reduction measures, Environment and development [tang 2013] No. 81) , file requirements & other; To reduce air pollution haze weather, adopt measures to limit production, production related industry, reduce air pollution & throughout; 。 Roughly proposed for sintering, coking equipment such as limit production measures, further intensify the efforts in environmental protection. In addition, market news, tang shan area after August 2011 construction blast furnace in production will come from the government's intervention, the news confirmed by steel mills in also, but some steel mills have been to the blast furnace production date before changes to the limit of time, no influence. If late tang shan area environmental enforcement increasing, in a short period of time to the market mentality will form a positive stimulus, led the market higher; Medium to long term, due to the implementation of environmental policy has increased the production cost of steel mill, low-cost advantage, which will reduce the tangshan area resources results in lower steel production enthusiasm, also could play a supporting role to the market price upward. We have learned, environmental protection equipment from iron to rolling over, whole process dusting them, cost of per ton steel about 30 yuan. In the face of a low-margin, environmental restrictions increase steel production cost, reduce the production enthusiasm is worth extending, the early & other; With the line capacity level rowed out & throughout; 、“ With the size, production equipment s do out standard & throughout; It is more rational. Tang shan area environmental policy development, implementation, or become smelting iron and steel industry in other areas of the principle of benchmarking, we later also will continue to focus on.