December 02, 2008

Jiangsu demolishes outdated iron and steel capacities

According to the results of 2007 on pollution and emission decreasing i from Ministry of National Environment Protection, National Development and Reform Commission, Statistics Bureau and Ministry of Supervision, emission of COD and SO2 in Jiangsu in 2007 decreased by 4.9% and 8.0% respectively from those of 2006 which means Jiangsu Province has over fulfilled the target set by center government for the second time in two years in line.

According to Mr Zhu Tiejun an official from provincial bureau for environment protection, the target for 2008 in Jiangsu is control the emission of SO2 under 1.1685 million tonne down by 4.1% YoY from that of 2007, that of COD under 862,100 tonne down by 3.3% which is hard to realize.

Take the first half for example, the emission of COD increased by 33,300 tonnes and that of SO2 increased by 53,900 tonnes. Therefore, it is hard to absorb the increases while realize the target for decreasing. Therefore, the province takes a series of measures to secure the target, including the followings.

Adjust the production structure and demolish the outdated capacities. During the first half, Jiangsu Province closed and demolished outdated iron and steel capacities 3.262 million tonnes.