Low steelmaker emissions key to development

Production curbs should take account of factory's cleanliness, official proposes

Adapting to ultra-low emissions in the steel industry is important for the Chinese economy's high-quality development, and the authorities should give more incentives to steelmakers with high-level environmental protection records while strictly containing unclean capacity, a top China Iron and Steel Association official said on Saturday.

"Overcapacity is a concern to us, but we care more about whether clean capacity is enough (for environmental protection)," CISA Executive Vice-Chairman He Wenbo said at a forum on Saturday in Beijing on the low-carbon emissions prospects of the Chinese steel industry.