With an aim to produce more scrap, Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh has said the government is formulating a draft National Scrap Policy. At present, the nation’s requirement of scrap is round 8.3 million tonne (MT) and a big portion of the requirement is met via imports. The minister mentioned that a National Scrap Policy is being drafted which will be ready in a few months. This will make available nearly 7 MT scrap in the country. Steel produced out of scrap is of good quality and is environment friendly.
Singh had earlier said in order to augment the country's production capacity the government is also planning to set up scrap-based steel plants in north and west parts of India. Stressing that the scrap-based steel plants are environment-friendly, energy-efficient and cost effective, he said these plants would be on the lines of 'melt and manufacture' steel technology used in the US.
He had also mentioned India imports around six million tonne of scrap steel every year and is the second-largest importer of scrap after Turkey, adding that by 2025, the country will be able to generate 7.5 million tonne of scrap every year. He had said ‘I would like you to deliberate on the cost-benefit analysis of setting up scrap-based steel plants in north and west India. These regions are important from the perspective of scrap-availability and steel import hubs. The plants will have the capability to produce special high-grade steels, a pre-requisite for 'Make in Steel’.
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