On August 1, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued a notice on the implementation plan for carbon peaking in the industrial sector. The relevant content related to the steel industry is as follows:
Encourage the cluster development of primary and secondary, smelting and processing industries in steel, non-ferrous metals and other industries.
Resolutely curb the blind development of projects with high energy consumption, high emission and low level. Take strong measures to implement inventory management, classified disposal and dynamic monitoring of high-energy-consumption, high-emission, and low-level projects. Strictly control the entry of high-energy-consuming, high-emission and low-level projects, strengthen energy-saving review and environmental impact assessment of fixed asset investment projects, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of project energy consumption and carbon emissions, and strictly examine and approve projects, filing and approval. Comprehensively investigate the projects under construction, and suspend construction and rectification according to relevant regulations for projects with high energy consumption, high emission and low level that do not meet the requirements. Scientifically evaluate the proposed projects, reduce production capacity in accordance with the principle of “reduction and substitution” for industries with saturated production capacity, and improve access to domestically advanced and internationally advanced industries in accordance with the requirements of national layout and approval and filing requirements for industries that have not yet saturated production capacity. standard.
Strictly implement the production capacity replacement policy in steel, cement, flat glass, electrolytic aluminum and other industries, strengthen the analysis, early warning and window guidance of overcapacity in key industries, and accelerate the resolution of excess capacity. Improve the comprehensive standard system focusing on environmental protection, energy consumption, quality, safety, and technology, strictly enforce normalized law enforcement and enforce mandatory standards, and continue to eliminate outdated production capacity in accordance with laws and regulations.
Strictly implement relevant regulations such as capacity replacement and project filing, environmental impact assessment, energy conservation assessment and review, and effectively control steel production capacity. Strengthen industrial coordination and build a clean energy and steel industry community. Encourage moderate and steady improvement in the short-term development of advanced electric furnaces for iron and steel. Promote the demonstration and promotion of low-carbon ironmaking technology. Optimize the product structure and increase the application ratio of low-carbon products such as high strength and high toughness, corrosion resistance and weather resistance, material saving and energy saving. By 2025, the annual processing capacity of scrap iron and steel processing enterprises will exceed 180 million tons, and the short-process steelmaking will account for more than 15%. By 2030, breakthroughs in technologies such as hydrogen-rich carbon cycle blast furnace smelting, hydrogen-based shaft furnace direct reduction of iron, and carbon capture, utilization and storage will be achieved, and short-process steelmaking will account for more than 20%.