China approves giant steel project

时间：2007-03-10 00:19:30

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Beijing, March 8 - China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved the construction of the Jingtang Iron and Steel Project, it announced here Thursday.

 

Beijing-based steel giant Shougang is relocating to the neighboring Hebei province and setting up a new joint1 venture with Hebei-based Tangshan Iron and Steel Group, named Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel Corp.

 

Shougang would shut down a production capacity of eight million tons of iron and steel in Beijing, while 7.3 million tons would be eliminated in Hebei province.

 

"The approval signals the complete start-up of Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel Project," said officials with the NDRC, adding investment on the project would reach 67.7 billion yuan.

 

The project is expected to produce 8.98 million tons of pig iron, 9.7 million tons of steel and 9.13 million tons of rolled steel, sources said.

 

The relocation of Shougang, long branded the capital's worst polluter with chimneys belching2 out thick clouds of smoke, is a major step towards solving the city's chronic3 air pollution problems.

 
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1 joint m3lx4     
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
2 belching belching     
n. 喷出，打嗝 动词belch的现在分词形式
参考例句：
  • The Tartars employed another weapon, the so-called Chinese dragon belching fire. 鞑靼人使用了另一种武器，所谓中国龙喷火器。
  • Billows of smoke were belching from the chimney. 巨浪似的烟正从烟囱里喷出来。
3 chronic BO9zl     
adj.(疾病)长期未愈的，慢性的；极坏的
参考例句：
  • Famine differs from chronic malnutrition.饥荒不同于慢性营养不良。
  • Chronic poisoning may lead to death from inanition.慢性中毒也可能由虚弱导致死亡。

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