This discussion paper builds on CPI’s earlier work, with a focus on the technologies, challenges, and current state of financing for the decarbonization of India’s iron and steel sectors, since this is
The CBI has set up 14 teams for “detailed investigations” into possible criminal misconduct in the allocation of 64 coal blocks during 2006-09, and allegations of their misuse by allottees. Sources said
A three-member expert committee headed by former civil aviation Secretary K Roy Paul will review the environment ministry order that had okayed the environmental clearance granted to steel major Posco’s
Says sector severely wanting in pollution & regulatory compliance The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation based here and promoting sustainable development, today exposed major inefficiencies in the performance of India’s iron and steel sector. In a detailed rating, which took two years to compile, of the country’s 21 top steel makers, it found a general inefficiency in resource usage, widespread pollution and violation of environmental norms, among other deficiencies.
KOLKATA, 4 JUNE: The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) plants of the state have ranked among the most polluting industries in a rating ~ Green Rating Project (GRP) ~ done by the New Delhi-based research
Bhubaneswar: Even as Posco India is prepared to go for construction at proposed plant site near Paradip in October, no fresh agreement has so far been signed between the Odisha government and the South
The showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Orissa is set to take off by October this year with the state government and the South Korean company moving ahead to remove two major irritants that have
As host to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Brazil will draw international attention to its policy on climate change, but the measures announced so far are not commensurate
Sandur, a region once known for its pristine hills and its lush green forests, today, is stripped of not only its beauty but its character too; all for the murky ore, needed to build and propagate the
The Karnataka government has proposed to offer land to South Korean steel major Posco in Bagalkot or Yadgiri districts in north Karnataka to set up their 6 million tonne per annum steel plant. The decision comes after the stiff opposition put forward by farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district last year from acquiring their land for the proposed steel plant. “The government has decided not to acquire land at Halligudi as some sections of farmers are opposed to parting with their land. We are in possession of sufficient land in Bagalkot and Yadagiri districts and we are ready to provide land to the company in these two places,
BHUBANESWAR: Rampant illegal mining by several companies is continuing despite the State Government’s claim to have brought it down. The powers that be in the Steel and Mines Department are extending tacit
