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NEW DELHI, April 9 (Reuters) - India's steel mills aim to cut carbon emissions by about a quarter over the next decade and reduce reliance on coal, while the world's second-biggest producer of the alloy plans to more than double output, according to a document seen by Reuters. Under the proposed "National Steel Policy 2025", India aims to cut emissions from steel mills to 2 metric tons of carbon dioxide per ton of finished steel by 2035-36, according to a draft cabinet note dated March 10, revi ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) A fire broke out in a 20-storey residential building in the Goregaon (East) area of Mumbai on Wednesday evening, officials said, adding that nobody was injured. The blaze was confined to part of the eighth floor of Emerald No. 1, Royal Palms Estate, on Aarey Road, officials stated. Five people were rescued safely, and over 20 others were moved to a refuge area after the blaze erupted, according to officials. The incident was reported at around 7:43 PM, and at least four fi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): MetalMandi, the B2B digital scrap trading platform from Attero, has crossed over 2 lakh downloads across India and is targeting 5X growth over the next five years, as it scales its presence across the country's scrap and recycling ecosystem. Launched in 2025, the platform currently has over 1.1 lakh registered users, more than 50,000 monthly active users, and around 4,000 daily active users, with participation spanning 28+ states and over 100 cities. It facilit ...Read More >
A tragic gas leak in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, has claimed the lives of three people who were allegedly attempting to steal iron scrap, highlighting the dangers of illegal activities involving industrial materials. Photograph: Screen grabKey PointsThree individuals died in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, due to a gas leak during an alleged scrap theft attempt.The incident occurred in the Munidih area around 1 am, prompting a police investigation.Preliminary investigations suggest the victims may have cut into a ...Read More >
Gujarat Victory Forgings IPO | The proposed offer comprises a fresh issue of up to 65 lakh equity shares and an offer for sale of up to 1.32 crore equity shares by a promoter. Gujarat Victory Forgings Ltd has filed draft papers with the capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to 65 lakh equity shares and an offer for sale of up to 1.32 crore equity shares by a promoter, according to the draft red her ...Read More >
Mumbai - NowPurchase an AI enabled B2B platform that helps metal manufacturers optimize production and procure raw materials, today announced the successful raise of 80 crores led by Bajaj Finserv, one of India's largest and most diversified financial services groups, with participation from existing investors InfoEdge Ventures & Orios Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from prominent individual investors & family offices including Shikhar Raj, Real Ispat Group, Madhur Gupta (Pro ...Read More >
NewsVoir Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1: NowPurchase an AI enabled B2B platform that helps metal manufacturers optimize production and procure raw materials, today announced the successful raise of 80 crores led by Bajaj Finserv, one of India's largest and most diversified financial services groups, with participation from existing investors InfoEdge Ventures & Orios Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from prominent individual investors & family offices including Shikhar ...Read More >
Jaipur: Two people were killed and six injured when a bus carrying 65 passengers, mostly labourers from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, caught fire after coming into contact with an 11 kV overhead power line in Todi village, Manoharpur, roughly 55 km from Jaipur Tuesday morning.Additional SP Tejpal Singh said the deceased were in the process of deboarding the bus near a brick kiln, when it came into contact with the power line. Bystanders and some passengers had tried to warn the driver of the hazard j ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 27 (ANI): A massive fire erupted at a two-story Bata showroom in Crawford Market of Mumbai, Maharashtra, on Sunday. The situation was controlled with the help of multiple fire engines and water tankers. Reportedly, all the stock of footwear, electrical cables, and wiring has been destroyed due to the blaze. DFO Santosh Sawant said that the situation is now under control and an investigation has been launched to identify the cause of the incident. "The fire ...Read More >
Ghaziabad: A residential building in Indirapuram with 20 flats caught fire on Wednesday night after a skyshot firework exploded in the balcony of a second-floor house and started a blaze that reached the fifth floor within minutes.Crackers were being burst on the street at Friends Avenue - part of extended Diwali celebrations that NCR has been seeing, with Supreme Court's orders restricting cracker-bursting to a two-hour evening window largely ignored, and not enforced either.Six fire tenders to ...Read More >
The plan aims to boost domestic extraction of vital metals from batteries and gadgets. Industry experts believe technology acquisition and workforce development are crucial for realizing the plan's potential. Critical minerals recyclers are cautious about the prospects of the newly announced incentive plan for the sector. Players say the informal e-waste collection system and the lack of a supply chain can hinder the government's plan to establish a robust critical mineral extraction ecosystem ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Mines has been actively engaging with the private sector to build enough capacity in India to fully utilize electronic waste and recover critical minerals within the next few years, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Mines on Friday. The initiative follows the Union Cabinet's approval on September 3, 2025, of a Rs 1,500 crore Incentive Scheme for critical mineral recycling. This scheme, a key component of the National Crit ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): A fire broke out in the slums of Rani Garden area in Geeta Colony on Thursday morning. According to officials, the fire started in a scrap warehouse, and eight fire trucks have been deployed to the site. Fire officer Yashwant Sinha said, "A call was received at 1.05 AM. Information was received about a fire breaking out in the slums of Rani Garden, Geeta Colony. Efforts are underway to control the fire. Eight fire trucks are present at the scene. There is no ...Read More >
Gurgaon: A fire destroyed an electronic scrap warehouse in Rathiwas village, Manesar. Fire officials received a call at 7.25pm, and 14 fire tenders were deployed.The fire could not be contained even after 20 hours as electronic items, including refrigerators, ACs, and compressors, began to explode."It was a scrap warehouse of old vehicles, refrigerators, ACs, and electronic goods in Rathiwas. Thousands of vehicle compressors, oil extracted from vehicles, diesel, petrol, rubber, fibre, plastic, a ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police's crime branch has arrested a truck driver and three of his associates for stealing 6,000 kg of copper scrap worth Rs 55 lakh. The driver, Manish Kumar, who initially posed as a victim, was revealed as one of the key conspirators.Kumar claimed that robbers impersonating bank officials had stopped his vehicle while transporting the scrap, packed in 80 bags, from Libaspur to Mandoli. The incident took place near Signature Bridge on Ring Road around 11am on Tuesday. Accordin ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has arrested four men, including the complainant, for allegedly robbing a truck after administering intoxicants to the latter from near Signature Bridge and recovered 6,000 kg copper scrap worth Rs 55 lakh. The complainant alleged that two persons forcefully entered the truck, one of them administered an injection in his arm, and they later fled away from the spot. A complaint was lodged on September 9 by Manish Kumar, who stated that he was transporting around 6,000 kg ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): India must act decisively to build functional copper reserves and leverage the metal's remarkable recyclability to secure its future economic and strategic interests, recommends the International Copper Association (ICA) India on the Copper Vision Document 2025.According to the report, to build functional reserves, India must promote copper usage now, especially in government procurement and sectors like infrastructure, where copper can replace less critical met ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Women's Commission chairperson Nagalakshmi Choudhary has urged chief minister Siddaramaiah to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to probe decades-old allegations of disappearances, unnatural deaths, and sexual assaults of women in Dharmasthala, a major temple town in Dakshina Kannada district.In a letter on Monday, Choudhary wrote, "The Commission has taken serious note of reports aired by some media outlets on July 12, 2025, which included claims about the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt is set to initiate an inquiry into the impounding of end-of-life vehicles -- 15 years for petrol and 10 years for diesel -- carried out during the tenure of AAP govt.In 2024, 39,273 vehicles were scrapped after impounding while the figure was 22,397 in 2023.Environment minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday that he will soon order a probe amid suspicions that the due process of scrapping and providing value to people for their cars, as per govt directives, was not f ...Read More >
London/New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) Tata Group Chairman N Chandrasekaran on Monday held the ground-breaking ceremony at Port Talbot in the UK to kickstart the construction of a GBP 1.25 billion green steel project to cut down carbon emissions by 90 per cent at the site. The company is transitioning from the blast furnace route to the low-emission electric arc furnace process, which will utilise the locally available scrap. "Tata Steel UK today celebrates a historic milestone in its green transforma ...Read More >
Bengaluru : Tata Steel UK today celebrates a historic milestone in its green transformation journey as Mr Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Steel and the Tata Group, joins government ministers at a groundbreaking event for the company's state-of-the-art Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility in Port Talbot. Mr Chandrasekaran will be joined by Tata Steel CEO and Managing Director T. V. Narendran and Tata Steel UK CEO Rajesh Nair, where they will officially break the ground with spades, mar ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre on Friday launched a groundbreaking scheme to provide financial incentives for electric trucks (e-trucks) under the PM E-DRIVE initiative, with the maximum incentive set at Rs 9.6 lakh per vehicle. This marks the first time the government is extending direct support for electric trucks, aiming to accelerate the country's transition to clean, efficient and sustainable freight mobility. The scheme is expected to support the deployment of approximatel ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Policy interventions can enable unlocking of USD 3.5 billion lithium ion recycling and production ecosystem in the country by 2030, a report by industry body India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and Accenture said on Wednesday. The report estimates that without any policy intervention and measures to facilitate investments, the present lithium battery (LiB) recycling expansion plans have the potential to generate revenue in the range of USD 500-1,000 million ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI) Policy interventions can enable unlocking of USD 3.5 billion lithium ion recycling and production ecosystem in the country by 2030, a report by industry body India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) and Accenture said on Wednesday. The report estimates that without any policy intervention and measures to facilitate investments, the present lithium battery (LiB) recycling expansion plans have the potential to generate revenue in the range of USD 500-1,000 million ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) Homegrown Tata Steel is expecting to start the construction of its low-carbon EAF-based steel making project in the UK from July 2025 and commence operations by 2027, top company officials said. The company has received necessary approvals for its USD 1.5 billion project at Port Talbot, Tata Steel CEO & MD T V Narendran, and ED & CFO Koushik Chatterjee said in the company's annual report for FY2024-25. "We are now transitioning to decarbonised and state-of-the-art EAF-ba ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 12 (PTI) The government on Thursday came out with the definition of green steel and asked the industry to take measures to bring down carbon emissions below the level of 2.2 tonnes on per tonne of finished products. Union Steel Minister H D Kumaraswamy also released a 'taxonomy on green steel' with parameters for giving star ratings on products based on the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during the production process. The steel industry has been the backbone of India's in ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Centre is working on green steel mandates for the local steel industry, supported by government procurement and financial incentives, as the world's second-largest maker of the alloy works to prepare the sector for the future. The upcoming National Green Steel Mission is likely to mandate steelmakers to make a fixed share of their overall output green, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity. The government will also support green steel with a public procurement ...Read More >
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