FLASH: Tangshan independent re-rollers mandated to suspend production

Some independent re-rollers in Tangshan, the major steelmaking hub in North China's Hebei province, have received city government orders to halt their operations for eight days starting from 0:00 Beijing time on March 4, Mysteel Global learned from local sources.

The re-rollers in Tangshan had only just been allowed to resume normal operations since March 2, after they were ordered to rein in their production from the night of February 28 in response to a level II emergency warning from local authorities about heavy air pollution, according to notice