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Dates: during 2009-2009
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...respite for Chinese policymakers. Over the past decade, China has rapidly built new steel mills, and in 2002 it became the world's largest producer of the commodity. Now Chinese officials say the country has more production capability than markets at home and abroad can support. In February, Luo Bingsheng, secretary general of the China Iron and Steel Association, said China's steel-production capacity exceeded the 2008 domestic demand of 500 million tons by 160 million tons. China's State Council has called for a consolidation of the industry in order to manage output better, with five major producers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How China's Steel Boom Turned Deadly | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

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