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Blogs by worldsteel experts and occasionally by guest bloggers. The blogs cover a wide variety of issues affecting the steel industry. We hope you will find this section useful and look forward to your comments.

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6 November 2025

China Monthly - October 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued an updated draft version of “Measures for Steel Capacity Replacement”, a national policy that was first introduced ten years ago to control the development of steel capacity in the country.

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9 October 2025

China monthly report – September 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the MIIT, together with four other ministerial departments, released a work plan to stabilise growth in the steel industry.

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9 September 2025

China monthly report – August 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Chinese central government issued a circular to facilitate the development of China’s national trading market for carbon emissions.

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6 August 2025

China monthly report – July 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Chinese government issued a circular to set targets for the consumption of green electricity by the steel industry in the country in 2025 and 2026.

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8 July 2025

China monthly report – June 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with another five ministerial departments, released an updated edition of China’s national standard for imported steel scrap.

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9 June 2025

China monthly report – May 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the provincial authority of Hebei has released a latest edition of the guidance that provides financial support to the low-carbon transition of the steel industry in the region.

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8 May 2025

China monthly report – April 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Ministry and Ecology and Environment issued a circular to guide the emission trading activities for the calendar year 2025.

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25 April 2025

New report released: Environmental ripple effects of the transition

worldsteel worked with Hatch to evaluate the environmental effects of the transition to low-carbon steelmaking processes (including breakthrough technologies). The final report is available for worldsteel members only.

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8 April 2025

China monthly report - March 2025

The highlight of this issue is that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment has announced an execution plan to include steel, aluminium and cement into the national emission trading system (ETS).