Hunan issues guidelines to boost industrial resource utilization

The Industry and Information Technology Department of Hunan Province has released new guidelines to promote efficient use of industrial resources and support green development. According to the Administrative Measures for Cultivating Model Enterprises in Industrial Resource Utilization, the policy sets annual minimum utilization targets for industrial resources, including 1 million tonnes for industrial by-products such as tailings (including associated minerals), coal gangue, fly ash, metallurgical slag, and chemical residues; 500,000 tonnes for non-ferrous metals, with at least 100,000 tonnes from rare metals and used lithium-ion batteries; 1 million tonnes for scrap steel; and 200,000 tonnes for other resources.