A draft policy document issued by the Ministry of environmental protection of China shows that there will be big moves in China's governance haze: the Chinese government is considering requiring steel and aluminum producers to further reduce production, close some pesticide factories and pharmaceutical factories, and ban Tianjin port from treating coal.
Tianjin port ranked tenth in 2016 in terms of global port container throughput. China ranked seventh.2016, and the coal imported from Tianjin port is 1/5 of China's total coal imports.
If these measures are implemented, they will become the most effective air control action to China's seriously polluted cities.
According to the above media, the document proposes the following plans:
During the winter heating season, the steel and fertilizer production capacity of the 28 cities in haze hit areas is reduced by at least half, and the aluminum production capacity is at least 30% lower.
Before the end of July 2017, Tianjin port no longer transshipped coal and transferred to Tangshan port.
Before the end of September 2017, all port and port coal in Tianjin and Hebei were transported by rail, and diesel and train transport were prohibited.
Shut down pesticides factories, pharmaceutical factories and use urea chemical fertilizer plants unless there is urgent need for chemicals and medicines.
These haze hit areas include: Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Shanxi and Henan provinces.
Or will affect the price of raw materials
The time of implementation of the plan by the Ministry of environmental protection is unknown, but if implemented, it will be one of the most stringent measures since China launched the air pollution control action three years ago.
The price of aluminum, steel and coal is likely to rise further. These commodities have been supported by China's efforts to shut down excess capacity and clean up polluting industries.
However, long-term reductions in production capacity will again raise concerns about the demand for raw materials such as iron ore.
This may also change the follow-up actions of utilities, miners and dealers, as they need to find a way out for coal.
Measures to control haze continue to be overweight
In the northern part of China, the heavy fog and haze have recently come in for a long time. Previously, the Minister of environmental protection, Chen Jining, put forward the "air pollution prevention and control work plan (Draft)" in Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas in 2017. The Tianjin port will strictly control the highway coal transportation.
The draft has made it clear that the Tianjin port will significantly increase the proportion of railway freight in the region in 2017, and speed up the operation of the combined transport of MTR. The full use of the capacity of Zhangtang railway will greatly reduce the exhaust pollution of diesel vehicles used in coal transportation.
Before the end of July, the port of Tianjin no longer transports coal. It will be transferred from Zhangtang railway to Tangshan port by the end of.9. Before the end of the month, Tianjin and Hebei will all be transported by railway.
In the 1-9 month of 2016, Tianjin port benefited from the policy of reducing transportation costs and supporting coal enterprises. The volume of coal transportation increased rapidly. Last year, a record of 1.097 billion tons of coal throughput was completed in.10-12 last year. Some of Tianjin port's coal transportation began to return to railway transportation, and some of them moved to the Datong Qinhuangdao line. Tianjin port's coal throughput dropped straight-line, and the coal throughput of three months was 865, 767 and 6 million 120 thousand tons respectively.
