The municipal government of Tangshan in China’s Hebei Province has issued another round of emergency emissions reduction measures effective from 8:00 p.m. on June 5 to 8:00 a.m. on June 7, aimed at tackling air pollution. The move follows previous emergency measures which had ended on June 3.
The emergency emissions reduction measures include halting of production at sintering machines and shaft furnaces in the Lubei, Kaiping, Guye, Fengrun and Fengnan districts and in Luan county, and 50 percent capacity cuts for sintering machines and shaft furnaces in other districts of Tangshan city. Meanwhile, transport vehicles are not allowed to enter or leave factory areas in steel, coking, electric power, chemical, cement and coal mining industries during the period in question. Furthermore, mining facilities and ore crushing plants will halt production completely during the given period.