Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Cos to use Kobe’s patented technology; plant to come up on SAIL’s alloy steels plant in Durgapur. India’s largest steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Japan's Kobe Steel have signed an agreement to set up half a million tonne iron nugget plant using the Japanese steelmaker’s patented technology. …
The agreement was signed with the Japanese firm in Tokyo India's largest steel maker SAIL today inked the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel to set up a 500,000-tonne plant in West Bengal to produce a key steel making raw material. The facility entailing an investment of Rs 1,500 crore …
The union home ministry has decided to provide adequate security cover to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for development of its greenfield ironore mines in Chhattisgarh. The move comes in response to the steel ministry's request, on behalf of the company, for security to start work at its greenfield …
NEW DELHI, 6 JULY: State-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will ink the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel next week to set up a 0.5-million-ton (MT) capacity specialised steel plant at Durgapur, West Bengal, entailing an investment of Rs 1,500 crore. “India's largest steel producer SAIL and Kobe …
New Delhi: Government policies on subsidy are preventing Indian energy-intensive companies from improving their carbon image globally even though comparable firms in the developed world on an average have higher overall emission figures, according to India Market and Environment Report. The report by BSE-GREENEX, the co-creators of India’s first energy …
State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd’s (SAIL) plans to set up a steel-cum-fertiliser complex at Sindri in Jharkhand has run into rough weather as the project is facing huge hurdles impeding its implementation. In course of a recent meeting convened by Steel Secretary DRS Chaudhary to assess the progress made …
Energy and metal cos with mining interests setting up environment team for sustainable mining State-owned energy and metal companies having mining interests have begun hiring people to manage the environment around mines and enable them to make progress through a minefield of approvals. Making a tentative attempt to bridge a …
With mega steel investors in Odisha facing a litany of hurdles beginning from land acquisition to grant of mineral concession, the Union steel ministry has sought information on action taken by the state government to ease their problems. The ministry will take stock of the concerns of steel investors ahead …
Durgapur Steel Plant, a SAIL unit, has bagged Greentech Safety Award 2012 in ‘Gold’ category within metals and mining sector, a DSP communiqué said. The annual safety awards are given in various categories by a Delhi-based non-profit foundation.
New Delhi In a setback to government-owned NMDC’s efforts to acquire assets abroad, Australian firm Minemakers has dropped the iron ore miner as its potential joint venture (JV) partner for developing the Wonarah rock phosphate reserves in Australia. Blaming “NMDC’s inability to make a timely decision” in forging a partnership, …
Better regulation of the sector is needed The environmental performance of the Indian iron and steel industry is poor, according to the latest indices released by the Green Rating Project of the Centre for Science and Environment. On a scale of 10 (the theoretical best), the global best practitioners score …
Indian steel companies are getting away with causing grave damage to the environment. They are not even adhering to the country’s already lax environmental laws – despite using large amounts of minerals, water and electricity. This was revealed in a report recently released by the Centre for Science and Environment, …
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 …
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 and advocacy body, Centre for Science and Environment. The ratings were released in New Delhi …
Production at the public sector Bhilai Steel Plant dipped in the 2011-12 fiscal from the previous financial year, the management said Tuesday, blaming the aging coke oven batteries for the fall. "The health of some aging coke oven batteries posed a big challenge from early on in the year, affecting …
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is the first of the three integrated steel plants set up by Government of India in 1959. It is the first steel industry, set up under Hindustan Steel Limited on 19th January 1954 which paved way for laying up of infrastructure for rapid industrialization of the …
