China Aims for ‘Olympic Blue’ With Plans to Extend Steel Curbs
- Tangshan city extends output curbs for 2022 Winter Olympics
- City located near Beijing produces 8% of the world’s steel
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China’s top steel hub will join the campaign to ensure blue skies for Beijing’s Winter Olympics by capping output and ordering other measures to slash pollution.
Tangshan will extend existing steel curbs to March 13 next year to ensure good air quality for the games, researcher Mysteel reported, citing a draft document issued by the city’s environment office. Air pollution in Tangshan should fall by at least 40% year-on-year in the days leading up to and during the Games, which start on Feb. 4.