Scrap import barriers for environmental protection
Iron and steel industry's environmental crisis, but also blew into the field of import of steel scrap.
It is reported that the Ministry of Environmental Protection recently released on the "import scrap steel environmental regulations (for Trial Implementation)" (hereinafter referred to as "Regulations") of notice: From January 1, 2010, the import of scrap iron and steel enterprises and units, in addition to qualifications and procedures will comply with more clearly defined, will face more stringent environmental threshold requirements.
Among them, can apply for the import of scrap iron and steel processing and utilization of iron and steel smelting enterprises, "states that" In addition to explicit requirements for their production processes, equipment and products that meet the national steel industry policy; with the import of scrap iron and steel processing and utilization of facilities, equipment, venues and supporting the pollution prevention and control facilities and measures, and in line with national or local standards, norms or policies of the requirements, have also requested businesses to do in the past year "green three no" standard:
Does not exceed the prescribed national or local discharge standards for pollutants discharge of pollutants; on imported solid waste processing and utilization carried out after the remnants of innocuous disposal; environmental monitoring records, or import of solid waste management situation has not fraudulent, or have not accurately reported.
December 24, the domestic iron and steel research center advisory bodies mysteel Zhang Tieshan In an interview with newspaper reporters that the new regulations more strictly than before: "Many enterprises want to scrap the import, but in fact a lot of constraints. Because scrap imports the time may be doped with a lot of toxic waste, a good scrap, especially from the United States, Japan and other countries, and to be especially careful. "
The second half of 2008, by the financial crisis, the international market scrap prices fall sharply, once dropped to only 180 U.S. dollars per ton, which led to the domestic steel scrap import a small peak.
Zhangjiagang Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Statistics show that from year one to 11 months, Zhangjiagang Port imported a total of 3.35 million tons steel scrap value of 1.1 billion, respectively, year on year growth of 598% and 267%.
Including the Sha Steel Group, Feng Li Group and POSCO companies scrap importers to seize this opportunity, targeting market, Meng, under orders, from Japan, the United States, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, importing large quantities of scrap. At the same time, once lower ocean freight, domestic steel city infrastructure needs due to an increase in active, have also become a scrap imports surge in originally.
Iron and steel industry, senior expert, former Shougang Dai Guoqing, vice president of Development Research Institute has in the interview with this reporter said that in the state has increased against the backdrop of energy-saving emission reduction efforts, China's scrap usage has a tendency to increase. In the international arena, the use of scrap steel is much higher than China's. It is understood that, at present, in the EU and North American steel production industry, the proportion of crude steel scrap consumption accounts for greater than 50%, while the proportion of China's only about 14%.
(China Metallurgical News - China Iron and Steel News)