HomeNon-ferrous Metals Steelmakers in northern China scaling back operations for Winter Olympics Steel mills in China’s top steelmaking hub of Tangshan, Hebei province as well as regions surrounding the country’s capital city of Beijing will scale back their operations for about a month to improve air quality ahead of the Winter Olympics in February, sources told Fastmarkets. “We will cut our blast furnace (BF) operating rates by 30-50% from tomorrow until the end of February, while other mills located in regions around Beijing will halve theirs,” a... Email this article Your details Your recipients's details You can enter a maximum of 5 recipients. Use ; to separate email addresses. Email yourself a copy? Enter the code: Ok You might notice something different here.As we continue our evolution, our data and market news is now available through the Fastmarkets platform and a trial of this website is no longer available. Already registered? Log in Our new delivery solution allows you to access the prices and news that matters most to you in a way that delivers value, quality and a unique, fully customizable view for you. Learn More We are developing an experience that allows you to test drive building your view of our data and news on the new platform. In the meantime, we can prepare a quote for you and show you around. Get Started Contact Us +44 (0) 20 7779 8260 hello.mb@fastmarkets.com Published Zihuan Pan January 28, 2022 08:51 GMT Shanghai Keywords Winter Olympics Tangshan production curb HRC prices rebar prices HRC exports Shanghai Futures Exchange SHFE Related news {{article|snippet:'title'|removeHtmlTags}} {{article|fields:'dates'|date:dateArticleFormat}}