China eliminates 31.1 million tonne of steel capacity in 2014

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27 Jan, 2015: BEIJING: China has eliminated 31.1 million tonnes of steel production capacity last year, higher than expected, a senior official of the industrial ministry said on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to ease overcapacity and improve air quality. 

China has also removed 81 million tonnes of cement production capacity, Mao Weiming, vice minister of the Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology, told at a presser in Beijing. 

China, the world's largest steel producer, earlier set the target of 27 million tonnes for the steel sector. 

Separately, Hebei province, the country's biggest steel-making region, has closed as much as 15 million tonnes of steel production capacity last year, meeting its target, but aims to shut only 5 million tonnes this year. 

Courtesy: The Economic Times