--FILE--Smoke is seen emitted from chimneys and cooling towers at the steel plant of Shougang Group in Shijingshan, Beijing, China, 15 December 2010.
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--FILE--Smoke is seen emitted from chimneys and cooling towers at the steel plant of Shougang Group in Shijingshan, Beijing, China, 15 December 2010. Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group on Thursday (13 January 2011) announced the closure of steel production at its steel plant in Beijings Shijingshan District. The group, founded in 1919, has decided to close its plants in western Beijing and begun relocating facilities to neighboring Hebei Province due to environmental concerns. The steel giants new plants are located in Caofeidian, north Chinas Hebei Province, a small sand spit 220 kilometers east of Beijing. Shougang Group closed its last furnace in the capital on December 31, 2010 and stopped its smelting and hot rolling business there, as a part of the efforts to reduce air pollution. The only steel plant the group will keep in the city is a cold rolling thin strip production line, which will not put a heavy burden on the environment.