China Pollution Crackdown Exposes Rule Breakers in Top Steel Hub
- Four mills in top steelmaking city found violating output cuts
- China has been tightening curbs at mills to counter pollution
A steel plant in Jilin province, China.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
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China’s top environmental official vowed to reinforce pollution curbs after inspections found some steel mills were violating output restrictions and faking documents.
A team led by Huang Runqiu, the minister of ecology and environment, on Thursday found four mills in the steelmaking hub of Tangshan weren’t complying with production cuts put in place to reduce heavy pollution.