China 's Jiangsu province is requiring steel mills to move to two areas on the coast to reduce air pollution and improve the industry 's efficiency . Jiangsu , which accounted for 80 % of China 's crude steel output last year , also aims to push the industry towards producing high - quality steel products using electric - arc furnaces , which are more environmentally friendly than traditional blast furnaces that use coking coal . The city of Guangzhou has also been planning to cut steel production from 18 to 10 by the end of the decade and further consolidate them into one or two companies by 2020 .
China's Jiangsu province is requiring steel mills to move to two areas on the coast to reduce air pollution and improve the industry's efficiency. Jiangsu, which accounted for 12.5% of China's crude steel output last year, also aims to push the industry towards producing high-quality steel products using electric-arc furnaces, which are more environmentally friendly than traditional blast furnaces that use coking coal. The city of Xuzhou has also been ordered to cut steel mills from 18 to 10 by the end of the year and further consolidate them into one or two companies by 2020.