Tangshan city, the steel producing base in China,
announced to conduct the heavy pollution weather I grade emergency
response during 00:00 on March 1, 2019 to 08:00 on March 6, 2019. Details
are as follows:
1 Steel industry
Ranking as Tier A: sintering mills located outside
of urban area (including country center) are asked to cut 40+ percent of
production of sintering mills; those within the urban area (including
country center) are to cut 50+ percent of sintering mills;
Ranking as Tier B: sintering mills are asked to cut
60+ percent of sintering mills;
Ranking as Tier C: sintering mills are asked to cut
70+ percent of sintering mills, shaft furnace and lime kiln;
Ranking as Tier D: fully stopping the operation of
sintering mils, shaft furnace and lime kiln.
2 Coking industry
Ranking as Tier A: coking time is asked to prolong
to 28 hours;
Ranking as Tier B and C: coking time is asked to
prolong to 36 hours.
3 Foundry industry
Ranking as Tier A: casting and smelting equipments
should be shut down;
Ranking as Tier B: factories, except for
machine-work ones, are to stop production;
Ranking as Tier C: to fully stop operation.
4 Building materials, cement and pesticide industry
6 Mining and crushing companies and facilities: to fully stop.
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