The steel industry is facing a new round of environmental inspections such as smoke, wastewater, and

The steel industry is facing a new round of environmental inspections such as smoke, wastewater, and slag

Release time: January 5, 2019 Source: Chongqing Xinwang Waste Metal Recycling Co., Ltd. Reading: 621 times

In the second half of the year, the acceleration of infrastructure projects will be concentrated, and with the implementation of the production restriction policy during the heating season, there is great hope for a significant increase in the spot price of steel. The price of 3800-3900 rebar is considered a jump in prices and will not be lower. In the context of increased steel profits and high production restrictions by steel mills, the scrap steel market situation will be a replica of the situation in the second half of 2017 and is becoming possible.

Firstly, affected by the normalization of environmental protection, procurement stations and processing enterprises without procedures in various regions continue to shut down, and scrap steel production enterprises that have not been rectified are also operating abnormally. The output of casting and accessory production enterprises has always been at a low level of operation; At present, it is difficult to purchase industrial materials and high-quality scrap steel resources in various regions. Steel mills that only receive high-quality scrap steel are barely able to maintain daily consumption, and the progress of factory demolition projects is also relatively slow. Scrap steel processing enterprises are not only facing pressure from peer competition this year, but also the overall tightening of market supply, making it difficult to receive goods, and the arrival volume cannot meet the daily processing volume, leading to an increase in processing costs.

The steel industry is facing a new round of environmental inspections such as smoke, wastewater, and waste residue. With increasingly stringent environmental requirements, the steel industry's environmental production restriction measures will become normalized.

For example, the private steel enterprise Suzhou Zhangjiagang Shagang Group does not attach enough importance to the problem of smoke and dust pollution assigned by the central environmental inspection team, and the rectification is perfunctory. Once committed again, the long-term accumulation of millions of tons of steel slag and other industrial solid waste are casually piled up on the banks of the Yangtze River, polluting the surrounding soil and water bodies, and threatening the ecological environment and safety of the Yangtze River, which will gradually surface. It reveals that steel companies need to use more scrap steel as raw material for steel production, and environmental protection forces steel mills to use more scrap steel. Steel mills also need to consider environmental protection costs. Waste steel, which emits very little wastewater, exhaust gas, and slag, is an environmentally friendly resource.

The scrap steel market is on the rise in the second half of the year, and hoarding is urgent. We cannot wait or wait any longer, as prices will only get higher and higher than they are now.