On January 22nd, the Office of the Inter-Ministerial Meeting of the Iron and Steel Industry to Resolve the Excessive Capacity and the Development of the Depletion Development Organized a Video Teleconference to Prevent the Resurgence of the “District Steel”.

On February 8th, Shandong Province successfully completed the task of eliminating 6.75 million tons of “strand steel” capacity.

On March 5, the government work report clarified that in 2018, the steel production capacity will be reduced by about 30 million tons.

On March 8, Yuan Tongli, executive deputy governor of Hebei Province, introduced that in 2018, Hebei Province will reduce steel production capacity by more than 10 million tons.

From April 17th to 18th, the symposium on high-quality development of raw materials industry held by the Raw Materials Division of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology proposed that the local enterprises should use the foundry enterprises as the key supervision object to prevent the resurgence of “strip steel” and establish a medium-frequency furnace equipment account as soon as possible. Regular on-site inspections are conducted to ensure that the foundry does not produce steel products.

On April 23, the No. 9 blast furnace of the first blast furnace in East China, Maanshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. was permanently shut down after 65 years of operation. Today, this blast furnace is preserved as a patriotic education base and industrial site; on April 27, Ma Steel 13 No. blast furnace was shut down and permanently shut down; on October 29, Ma Steel officially implemented the two converters after properly diverting the workers from the No. 3 and No. 4 40-ton converters in the North District of the Long Products Division. Permanently shut down. At this point, Maanshan's three-year plan to complete production capacity has been fully completed, and the overall equipment has truly achieved large-scale and modernization.

On May 9, the Gansu Provincial Industrial and Commercial Committee issued the "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in the Production Supervision of Foundry Enterprises" to prevent the resurgence of "strip steel".

On May 18th, Anhui Province issued a reward method for reporting violations of laws and regulations.

From May 22nd to June 15th, the members of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on Resolving Excessive Capacity and Relieving Development in the Iron and Steel Industry jointly carried out the special inspection of the steel industry to eliminate excess capacity and prevent the resurgence of “strip steel”.

On July 10th, Angang Group Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group 3×100,000 kW thermal power unit ended its power generation task after more than 20 years of operation, and it was “retired”.

On July 4th, “Hebei Province Steel Industry De-capacity Work Plan (2018-2020)” was issued.

On July 12, the shutdown process of the entire process of Shouqin Steel was held.

On July 17, Xinjiang carried out special governance activities for illegal and illegal projects in the foundry pig iron industry.

On August 8, Jiangsu Province issued the “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Transformation and Upgrading of High-Quality Development of Chemical, Steel, Coal and Power Industry in the Province”, and put forward clear requirements and safeguard measures for the reduction of production capacity control and adjustment of the steel and coking industries. .

On August 23, Yunnan Province issued the “Work Plan for Resolving Excessive Capacity in the Steel Industry in 2018”.

On September 21, Angang's first large slab continuous casting mechanism was stopped and poured. This 28-year-old “gong Gong caster” accompanied the steelmaker to complete the casting task of the last pouring and officially retired.

On November 1st, the responsibility for the air quality “Ten 10 after exit” issued by Tangshan City clearly stated that before the end of December 2018, Tangshan City reduced the steelmaking capacity by 5.025 million tons and the ironmaking capacity by 2.01 million tons. Qing Steel "Zombie Enterprise"; before the end of December 2020, all blast furnaces under 1000 cubic meters, converters under 100 tons and sintering machines under 180 square meters will be eliminated. The steel enterprises will be integrated from 40 to 30, and the steel production capacity will be controlled at 100 million. Tonne or so. At the same time, the timetable for the relocation or shutdown of more than 10 steel companies such as Tangshan Iron and Steel, Tangyin and Tianzhu has also been clarified.

On November 6th, as of the end of September, the national total pressure reduction crude steel production capacity was 28.52 million tons, and 95% of the 2018 target tasks have been completed. If the regions complete the 2018 mission as planned, the task of reducing the upper limit of 150 million tons of crude steel capacity during the 13th Five-Year Plan period will be exceeded in advance.

Until November 16, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, has reduced its steelmaking capacity by 5 million tons and ironmaking capacity of 2.98 million tons.

On November 16, the “Notice on Accelerating the Implementation Plan for the High-Quality Development of the Seven High-Energy-Saving Industries” issued by Shandong Province clarified that by 2025, the steel production capacity along the transmission channel city and the Jiaoji Railway area should be retired. The proportion of steel production capacity in the coastal areas has increased to over 70%; the proportion of alloy steel (including stainless steel) has increased to more than 20%; the proportion of electric furnace steel has reached 20%; the steel industry (group) industry with the top 2 production capacity in the province has concentrated The degree reached more than 70%, and the labor productivity of steel companies doubled to 1,500 tons/per year.

On November 26, the Shandong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology announced that in 2018, Shandong Province would dissolve 600,000 tons of excess iron and 3.55 million tons of crude steel.