Power cuts affect over 70% steel rolling mills in Jiangsu

Over 70% of the steel rolling mills in Jiangsu province, China’s second largest steel producing province after North China’s Hebei, are being affected by ongoing power rationing among heavy industries throughout the province, and the production disruptions are unlikely to be fully lifted before October 7 at the earliest, according to a local industry association.

Steel producers in Jiangsu, including both blast-furnace and electric-arc-furnace mills, together with steel re-rollers, were ordered to scale down production beginning September 8, as part of efforts to reduce the province’s energy consumption and energy use intensity, as Mysteel Global reported. The suspension of the local rolling lines could