China's steel sector to celebrate ultra-low emission renovation feat by end-2025

With six months left before 2025 - the final year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan period - wraps up, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) is confident that 80% of crude steel capacity nationwide will complete ultra-low emissions upgrading by then, Mysteel Global has learned.

The target was initially set in an official document published in 2019 - Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in Iron and Steel Industry, which marked the beginning of China's campaign to promote ultra-low emissions among steelmakers, Mysteel Global notes. The ultra-low emission standards for steel mills mandate caps on pollutant emissions during