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 (the Health Effects Institute). China and India accounted for more than half of global deaths attributable to air pollution in 2015, according to a new study by MEP. 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%.
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%.