Steel Min studying 13 green steel task force
recommendations: Scindia
January
24 (ISMW):
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Steel
Ministry is studying the recommendations of the 13 task forces formed for
decarbonisation of the steel sector towards consolidation of the findings in a
single report, Minister of Civil Aviation & Steel, Jyotiraditya Scindia,
said while addressing the 11th IMRC conference and expo being organised in
Kolkata by Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI).
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“The
task forces with a large number of consultative meetings were undertaken and
they concluded the work by December 2023. We have reviewed the findings and the
recommendations of all the 13 Task Forces and now three groups have been formed
for the synchronization of the recommendations of these 13 Task Forces. Today,
we are holding the meetings of these three groups on a regular basis so that we
can work on the consolidation of the final report from the findings of all the
task forces,” Scindia said in his address.
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Following
a number of discussions on green steel with ISP and the SSI Advisory Committees
chaired by Scindia and through numerous brainstorming sessions, 13 levers were
identified for the green transition of the steel industry and we constituted
from that 13 Task Forces comprising of experts and industry stakeholders to
drive the transformation of the Indian steel industry towards sustainability
and decarbonisation.
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“Our
steel industry. An integral part of the circular economy steam is idly suited
to be remanufactured, reused and recycled. The circular economy is restorative
or regenerated by intention and design,” Scindia said in his address.
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Various
waste scrap and byproducts generated during mining and steelmaking can be
effectively used for making steel and other applications like even cement
manufacture, road construction and agriculture. Manufacturing Steel through
scrap and other waste products is certainly less polluting and is a step
towards our Green Steel initiative, he said.
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“Limited scrap availability, high cost of natural gas and the low
availability of high grade iron ore and thus a high dependence on coal are some
of the factors leading to high emission contribution in the steel industry,” Scindia
said.