China may make steel and fertiliser producers cut output by half and aluminium capacity by 30%, ban coal in the major port of Tianjin and close some fertiliser and drug plants as part of its strategy to combat pollution in the country, according to a draft document by the ministry of environmental protection (MEP). China and India accounted for more than half of global deaths attributable to air pollution in annually, according to a new study by the Health Effects Institute. Cutting steel and aluminium would take place from November to February, which may reduce China's total annual steel output by 8% 2015 and aluminum output by 17%.
China may make steel and fertiliser producers cut output by half and aluminium capacity by 30%, ban coal in the major port of Tianjin and close some fertiliser and drug plants as part of its strategy to combat pollution in the country, according to a draft document by the ministry of environmental protection (MEP). China and India accounted for more than half of global deaths attributable to air pollution in 2015, according to a new study by the Health Effects Institute. Cutting steel and aluminium would take place from November to February, which may reduce China's total annual steel output by 8% annually and aluminum output by 17%.