This year is a year of tackling key problems in production capacity. The state clearly requires that all local steel must be banned before June 30. In July, the deadline for banning strip steel in our country has passed. Authoritative data show that in the first half of the year, China banned and shut down more than 600 strip steel production enterprises, involving a production capacity of about 0.12 billion tons. At present, the relevant enterprises have all stopped production, water and electricity.

The so-called ground steel refers to the steel or steel produced by using waste steel as raw material and smelting with power frequency and intermediate frequency induction furnace, which cannot effectively implement composition and quality control, mainly for construction steel. Its quality, technology, environmental protection and other aspects are not up to the standards and requirements, to the construction quality has brought huge hidden dangers. The state will ban strip steel as a hard task, in order to achieve market clearance. Judging from the current situation, the ban on strip steel has been carried out smoothly in accordance with the established timetable, and the progress and results are in line with expectations.
As of the end of June, information from the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments showed that in the first half of the year, my country banned and shut down more than 600 strip steel production enterprises, involving a production capacity of about 0.12 billion tons. Through the data changes, it is clear that the work of cleaning up and checking the steel strip is thorough and thorough.
It is reported that from May 2 to 26, the inter-ministerial joint meeting of the iron and steel and coal industry to resolve excess capacity and extricate themselves from difficulties and development work formed eight supervision groups to carry out special supervision and inspection on banning strip steel in various places, guiding and urging all localities to do a good job in dismantling in accordance with the requirements. Judging from the inspection results, all the ground bar steel production capacity found in the investigation has been shut down, water and electricity have been cut off, and the ground bar steel is being banned in place according to the four complete demolition requirements.
Meng Wei, a spokesman for the national development and Reform Commission, said recently that the relevant state departments have always maintained a high pressure on the work of reducing production capacity. In accordance with the requirements of the provincial government to take overall responsibility for the work of banning strip steel, all regions must completely ban strip steel before June 30, and organize acceptance before the end of July, form a summary report, and report to the State Council.
In order to ensure that the complete crackdown on strip steel is in place, on the basis of local self-inspection, in August this year, the inter-ministerial joint meeting will carry out special inspections on the areas where strip steel is banned, and report to the State Council as a negative model for places where the ban is not in place. Deal with it seriously in accordance with laws and regulations.
In 2017, the most critical and decisive battle in the steel industry is to completely eliminate ground steel and prevent the resurgence of ground steel. Liu Zhenjiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary-General of the China Iron and Steel Association, pointed out at the symposium on the economic operation of steel enterprises in the first half of the year that these two aspects are major issues related to the stability of the structural adjustment of the steel industry. The entire industry and enterprises must not be taken lightly and must actively cooperate with relevant departments. Work.
Li Xinchuang, director of the Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute, believes that from a long-term perspective, it should be combined with the construction of a long-term mechanism to resolve excess capacity, and strengthen the inspection, law enforcement, and supervision of illegal products and enterprises such as ground steel. At the same time, timely revision and improvement of building materials quality standards, through product quality supervision to eliminate the living space of ground steel.
It is understood that in order to eradicate the stubborn disease of local steel, the state has established a corresponding regulatory system and attaches importance to the role of social supervision. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has stated that after June 30, if a report on the steel situation is received, the relevant enterprises will be fully verified. If the violations are true, the relevant localities and enterprises will be held accountable.
For the healthy development and transformation and upgrading of the steel industry, the complete ban on ground steel is of great significance and far-reaching impact. Meng Wei stressed that local steel belongs to illegal production and has always been the object of elimination and severe crackdown required by the state. If this kind of backward production capacity is not banned, it will cause bad money to drive out good money. Li Xinchuang and others believe that the ban on strip steel has expanded effective supply, reduced product hidden dangers, purified the market environment, promoted the formation of a fair competition order in the industry, and boosted the confidence of legal and compliant steel companies.