The government of the city of Ezhou in
China's Hubei Province has announced that in the current year it plans to eliminate 470,000 mt of outdated annual pig iron
production capacity and 1 million mt of outdated annual
crude steel output capacity.
The elimination of the capacities in question will include the closure of certain
production capacities at WISCO Echeng Iron and Steel Co. and Furui Industries Co. before August 20 of the current year.