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China steel mills defy capacity cutbacks
Despite pressure to clean up, they are producing more
Published Sun, Oct 23, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Shanghai
CHINESE steel mills are becoming cleaner every month as Beijing pushes to curb its smoke-stack industries. But they're not getting any leaner.
Despite efforts to step up environmental checks and trim out excess capacity, steel output by the world's top producer has risen year-on-year for the past seven months.
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