Steel mills in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, are expected to resume operations in early July because they began to dry furnaces and other preparatory work in late June as of Friday June 29. 

In early April, all steel mills in Xuzhou were suspended for rectifications following environmental inspections by the provincial authorities. They could only resume production after they passed the checks. It is learned that most of them passed the environmental inspection and finished rectification as of June 14.

• [Editor:Wang Linyan]