* China's eastern Shandong province plans to relocate or cut a total of 21.41 million tonnes of steelmaking capacity and 22.38 million tonnes of ironmaking capacity by 2022, the state-backed China Metallurgical News reported on Monday.

* The local government aims to cut 4.65 million tonnes of steel capacity this year and the remaining 16.76 million tonnes in 2022, the report said.

* Steel capacity in cities among regions that could affect air quality in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, such as Binzhou and Zibo, should all be relocated or eliminated "in principle", according to the China Metallurgical News.

* Shandong is the third biggest steel producer in China. The province churned out 79.94 million tonnes of crude steel in 2020, accounting for 7.5% of the country's total output.

* China has pledged to ensure fewer crude steel output in 2021 after years of capacity-cut campaign in an effort to reduce emissions.

(Reporting by Min Zhang and Shivani Singh; Editing by Rashmi Aich) ((min.zhang@thomsonreuters.com; (8610) 5669-2105;))