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TERI: India’s Steel Demand to increase carbon emissions by 600 MT

January 31, 2020

On January 31, 2020, at the World Sustainable Development Summit released its report on India’s Steel Demand. According to the report, if the steel demand of the country continues to grow, the carbon-dioxide emissions from the steel sector will reach 600 million tonnes by 2050. Highlights The TERI released its report titled, “Towards a Low ..

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GoI to launch Purvodaya to accelerate Eastern India Development

January 11, 2020

On January 10, 2020, the Ministry of Steel announced that it will launch “Purvodaya”, a world class steel hub. The hub aims at an accelerated development programme of eastern states. The Ministry will be joined by CII (Confederation of India Industries) in the implementation of “Purvodaya”. Highlights The initiative aims at developing the eastern states ..

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CII organizes “Steeling India-2019”

December 16, 2019

On December 16, 2019, the Confederation of Indian Industry organized “Steeling India 2019” conference, a drive to increase metal intensity in key sectors. Union Minister for Steel, Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan participated in the conference. Highlights The session focused on key industries namely automobile, infrastructure, railway, water, irrigation and housing. It discussed ..

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India becomes second largest manufacturer of crude steel

April 5, 2018

According to Steel Users Federation of India (SUFI), India has overtaken Japan to become world’s second largest producer of crude steel in February 2018. China is the largest producer of crude steel in the world, accounting for more than 50% of the production. Earlier in 2015, India had overtaken US to become third largest producer ..

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