Calciner and Steel industry in context of the restriction imposed on pet coke usage and import in the country and The court orders were primarily based on the recommendations to ensure that we realize the pollutions recommendations made by the EPCA in its reports gains of reduced pet coke consumption), we submit numbered 79, 80 and 87 (EPCA 2018). [...] oven plants An increase in the sulphur content of the coke would The iron and steel industry has been identified as one require additional volumes of limestone to remove the of the 17 categories of highly polluting industries. [...] By Section 18 (1) (b) of the Water (Prevention & Control of contrast, the steel industry uses petcoke as an additive Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention & Control of or raw material in the coke blend for the coking process; Pollution) Act, 1981, to all state pollution control boards the sulphur absorption by the coke and sludge ranges (SPCBs) and pollution control committees (PCCs) to be. [...] Ambiguity in the definition of the use of petcoke as fuel or We recommend that CPCB conduct feedstock a detailed assessment of the manufacturing sector (with other Establishing a clear definition of the use of petcoke as stakeholders like the Bureau of a fuel or a feedstock may be challenging. [...] In a recent response Additional conditions to permit the use of petcoke in the to a parliamentary question, the Ministry of Steel steel industry stated that the total R&D spending by Steel Authority • The decarbonisation roadmap as highlighted in the of India Limited (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ministry of Steel’s submission to India’s Nationally Ltd (RINL) over the last three years was about.
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