Steel ministry releases draft steel scrap policy

02 Jul 2019 Evaluate

The Ministry of Steel has released draft steel scrap policy, which is aimed at promoting circular economy in the steel sector and produce high-quality ferrous scrap for quality steel production thus reducing dependence on imports. The policy also aims to promote resource efficiency in the steel sector. The policy envisages to set up environmentally sound management system for ferrous scrap which can encourage processing and recycling of ferrous scraps through organised and scientific metal scrapping centres across India to minimise dependency on import of scrap and make India self-sufficient in scrap availability. 

According to the draft dated June 28, 2019, the ministry or its appointed agency or other designated statutory bodies shall ensure that the policy is implemented in accordance with the state of the art environmental friendly technologies and in compliance with applicable acts, rules, and regulations. Other objectives are to decongest the Indian cities from end of-life vehicles (ELVs) and reuse of ferrous scrap, processing and recycling of products in an organised, safe and environment friendly manner and to evolve a responsive ecosystem by involving all stakeholders among others.

The draft policy said there is a worldwide trend to increase steel production using scrap as the main raw material as recycling of scrap helps in conservation of vital natural resources besides other numerous benefits. It also said that the use of every tonne of scrap shall save 1.1 tonne of iron ore, 630 kg of coking coal and 55 kg of limestone.

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