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Scientists discover green way to produce steel

Closer scrutiny by NGO Centre for Science and Environment, however, shows the process is not quite as CO2 emission-free as claimed

Early in May, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced the discovery of a new method of producing steel that is free of CO2 emissions. The process, known as molten oxide electrolysis (MOE), was initially employed to generate oxygen. The product generated was oxygen and, astonishingly, steel.

Tags:: Conventional steel-making route, D K Ambasta, Donald Sadoway, Down to earth, Green Rating Programme, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants ( India ) Limited (MECON), Story

Hills of greyville

Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag

The road to Tarkera village in Rourkela offers an unusual sight: grey hillocks amid lush green hills. The strange addition to the landscape is slag, a waste product of the steel industry, which has piled up over decades.

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Industrial Waste, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Rourkela, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Steel Slag, Waste Management, Story

CSE's Green Rating Project findings discussed in the Parliament of India

Based on the findings of the environmental, health, safety, local community relations and sustainability issues of major Indian steel plants as studied by CSE's Green Rating Project, Members of Parliament in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha raised questions on the poor performance of sector to the Union Ministers of Environment and Steel respectively.

Date: 10 December 2012

Read full document: Parliament discusses CSE's Steel sector Green Rating Project

Tags:: Environment, Green Rating Programme, Health, Steel Plants, Story

The other side of SAIL's profits

Date: 5 November 2012

State-owned steel giant’s profits are found increasingly because of raw material (iron ore) subsidies and not due to real economic value addition. This only leads to wastage and poor operational management during steel making, thereby causing higher pollution

Read full document: The other side of SAIL's profits.pdf

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Programme, Iron, Story

CLSA bank covers Green Rating Project

CLSA U Research - Long way to green

Date: 30 October 2012

Faced with limited resources and competition, few Indian mining/metals companies have improved their green footprint. Regular violations of environmental laws and poor safety track records suggest that steelmakers have a long way to go to achieve best-in-class benchmarks.

Stiff regulations, strict enforcement, resource constraints and competitive threats should drive better behaviour. CSE's GRP team explains how increased investor scrutiny can help the green production cause

Read the full document: Long way to green

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Programme, Story

Book review of 'Into the Furnace', the Green Rating of Indian iron and steel sector

Published at: Business Standard newspaper, India
Reviewer: Ms. Shailaja Sharma

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	Business Standard: October 22, 2012 I am dissatisfied with SAIL, RINL, says Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma says the companies' performance could have been much better
	IANS: April 11, 2012 Production at SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant dips

Tags:: Book Review, Green Rating Programme, Story

Prime Minister's trophy for steel plant overrides pollution concerns

CSE study had shown companies which bagged the award for best integrated steel plants have poor environmental performance and productivity record

Tags:: Bhilai Steel Plant, Central Pollution Control Board, Centre for Science and Environment, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board (CECB), Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Project, Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, Prime Minister's trophy, Pronab Sen, Tata Steel Jamshedpur plant, Union Ministry of Steel, Story

Steel plants in eastern India blatantly flouting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey

From left to right: Mr. Sandipan Mukherjee, Member Sec. WBPCB, Ms. Sunita Narain, DG CSE, Dr. Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, Environment Minister, West Bengal, Mr. Chandra Bhushan, DDG, CSE, and Mr. S K Roy, Chief Blast Furnace, Tata Steel Jamshedpur

West Bengal-based steelmakers rank as some of the worst of the lot

	Press Release
	Steel plants in eastern India blatantly flouting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey

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	News clippings
	AnandaBazar Patrika (Bengali) September 9, 2012
	Business Line/ Delhi/ August 31, 2012 Steelmakers in Bengal flouting environmental norms, says research body
	Business Standard / Sunday sept. 01, 2012 Steelmakers in Bengal flouting environmental norms: CSE Kolkata September 1, 2012
	Economic Times / August 31, 2012 Steelmakers in West Bengal flouting environmental norms: Centre for Science and Environment
	The Telegraph: Calcutta/September 01, 2012 Pollution lapse finger at sponge iron units
	The Statesman: Kolkata / September 01, 2012 Iron units yet to act on govt's offer of CBM
	Yahoo News/ September 01, 2012 Pollution lapse finger at sponge iron units
	Coresectorcommunique / Blog / September 01, 2012 Steel plants in eastern India blatantly flouting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey
	News Reporter.in / September 01, 2012 Steelmakers in Bengal flouting environmental norms: CSE
	Indiamart.com/ September 01, 2012 West Bengal steelmakers disobeying environmental rules: Centre for Science and Environment
	The Sunday Indian/ September 01, 2012 No takers of Bengal govt's innovative Eco-plan
	The Bengal Post: Kolkata/September 01, 2012 Sponge iron industry yet to be modernised
	Outlook India Steel Plants in WB Flouting Environmental Norms: CSE
	Business Standard: Kolkata/ Weekend. Sept. 1, 2012 Steelmakers in Bengal flouting environmental norms: CSE
	The Financial Express Steelmakers in Bengal flouting environmental norms: CSE

	Events in Kolkata
	"Workshop on Green Rating of Indian Iron and Steel Sector" A full day workshop (10:30am- 6:00pm) on Friday, August31, 2012

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Iron & Steel Industry, Raiting, Steelmakers, Story

Commentary: Organisational behaviour and management causes for Indian steel players’ poor green performance – with specific reference to PSUs

Author: Umashankar S., CSE
Date: 17 August 2012

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Iron And Steel Industry, Story

Green Rating of Indian Iron and Steel Sector

India is world's fourth largest steel producer. The demand for iron and steel in the country is growing exponentially owing to rapid industrialization and infrastructural demand. But steel sector is also highly polluting and is categorized as one of the most polluting sector among 17 sectors identified by Central Pollution Control Board.

Green Rating of the Indian Iron and Steel Sector

The companies and how they fared

Press Releases

India’s best iron and steel company gets average score; sector is rated poor

Presentations

CSE’s Green Rating Project
By: Sunita Narain

Lessons from steel rating
By: Sunita Narain

How the sector has performed?
By: Chandra Bhushan

The Report Card
By: Chandra Bhushan

Rating of the steel sector
By: Umashankar S

DOWN TO EARTH

Media Clippings

Business Line | June. 05, 2012
Indian steel majors fall short of green norms, says CSE

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Indian iron and steel sector consumption 50% higher than global best practice

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Iron & steel industry struggling to meet green norms: CSE study

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Centre for Science and Environment rates Indian steel units poorly

Financial Express | June 05, 2012
Iron & steel sector hard put to meet green norms

First Post | June 05, 2012
Indian steel majors score low on energy report card

India CSR | June 05, 2012
India’s Best Iron and Steel Company Gets Average score; Sector is Rated Poor

India Gazette | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Millennium Post | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sectors get poor green score

MSN News | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Pioneer | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel firms poor at green test

Seven Sister Post.com | June 05, 2012
Steel industry gets poor environmental rating

SME Times | June 05, 2012
'Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale'

Steel Guru.com | June 05, 2012
CSE releases green ratings for Indian steel sector

TDN Post | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Hindustan Times | June. 05, 2012
Industry does not meet green norms, says CSE

Indian Express | June. 05, 2012
Growth vs green issues: Jayanthi compares herself to the mridangam

Times of India | June. 05, 2012
Iron, steel cos struggle to meet green norms

Kolkata News.net | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Hot Hit News | June 04, 2012
Nilachal Ispat ranks among top four environment-friendly steel plants, Bhushan Steel rated as the worst in India

NY Daily News.com | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

WE SPEAK News | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

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Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Iron and Steel Sector, Story

16 dead at Vizag Steel: CSE says tragedy inevitable because of the plant’s poor safety record

CSE’s Green Rating Project had warned Vizag Steel to shore up its safety measures


	News Clippings
	Clean Biz Asia: June 27, 2012 India’s steel sector gets dismal environmental rating
	Daily Mail/ UK: June 17, 2012 Price of not taking care
	MSN News: June 18, 2012 Vizag Steel accident is a heavy price of not taking care
	Times of India/ Bangalore: June 16, 2012 More than 50 people die every year in major steel plants in India
	Daily Mail/ UK: June 15, 2012 Vizag plant didn’t pay heed to safety alerts
	India Today: June 16, 2012 Vizag steel plant ignored safety alerts
	Netherlands Aid/ Netherland: June 15, 2012 Vizag Steel Blaze Failure of Safety
	The Hindu Business Line: June 16 Environment group had flagged Vizag Steel Plant’s poor safety record

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, steel plant, Story

India’s best iron and steel company gets average score; sector is rated poor

This core sector has a long way to go in meeting environmental norms, finds CSE green rating survey released on eve of World Environment Day

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Green Rating of the Indian Iron and Steel Sector

The companies and how they fared

Photo Gallery

Presentations

CSE’s Green Rating Project
By: Sunita Narain

Lessons from steel rating
By: Sunita Narain

How the sector has performed?
By: Chandra Bhushan

The Report Card
By: Chandra Bhushan

Rating of the steel sector
By: Umashankar S

DOWN TO EARTH

Media Clippings

The Financial Express: August 13, 2012
Greening steel-making
Company lists its green practices to counter damning NGO report

The Wall Street Journal | June 06, 2012
Indian Steelmakers Breach Green Rules: Report

Statesman/ Kolkata | June 05, 2012
SAIL plants among most polluting industries: study

Business Line | June. 05, 2012
Indian steel majors fall short of green norms, says CSE

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Indian iron and steel sector consumption 50% higher than global best practice

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Iron & steel industry struggling to meet green norms: CSE study

Economic Times | June 05, 2012
Centre for Science and Environment rates Indian steel units poorly

Financial Express | June 05, 2012
Iron & steel sector hard put to meet green norms

First Post | June 05, 2012
Indian steel majors score low on energy report card

India CSR | June 05, 2012
India’s Best Iron and Steel Company Gets Average score; Sector is Rated Poor

India Gazette | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Millennium Post | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sectors get poor green score

MSN News | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Pioneer | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel firms poor at green test

Seven Sister Post.com | June 05, 2012
Steel industry gets poor environmental rating

SME Times | June 05, 2012
'Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale'

Steel Guru.com | June 05, 2012
CSE releases green ratings for Indian steel sector

TDN Post | June 05, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Hindustan Times | June. 05, 2012
Industry does not meet green norms, says CSE

Indian Express | June. 05, 2012
Growth vs green issues: Jayanthi compares herself to the mridangam

Times of India | June. 05, 2012
Iron, steel cos struggle to meet green norms

Kolkata News.net | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Hot Hit News | June 04, 2012
Nilachal Ispat ranks among top four environment-friendly steel plants, Bhushan Steel rated as the worst in India

NY Daily News.com | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

WE SPEAK News | June 04, 2012
Iron, steel sector fare poorly on green scale, says study

Yahoo News | June 04, 2012
Industry does not meet green norms, says CSE

Suchetadalal.com/ Asia | June 05, 2012
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant continues to pollute sea with toxic effluents

Rediff Business | June 05, 2012
Iron and steel sectors: CSE finds major inefficiencies

Power sector world | June 05, 2012
Indian iron and steel sector consumption 50% higher than global best practice

Pioneer/ Ranchi | June 05, 2012
State steel majors fare poorly on environmental norms

Money Life | June 05, 2012
Steel industry doesn’t follow environment norms, says CSE study

Money Control.com | June 05, 2012
Strong green hand needed to check India Inc: CSE

Hindu/ Vishakhapatnam | June 06, 2012
RINL gets CSE's Green Rating Award

Business Standard/New Delhi | June 07, 2012
Steel isn't green

Business Line/ Delhi/ June 05, 2012
Indian steel majors fall short of green norms, says CSE (I)

Yahoo News/ June 04, 2012
Industry does not meet green norms, says CSE (II)

Tags:: Environment, Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Projects - CSE, India, Industrial Pollution, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Press Release

Invitation to release the environmental rating of the Indian iron and steel sector

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Project, Story

How we rate an industrial sector?

The project was conceived in the mid- 1990s when Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) director Anil Agarwal visited the United States. He read about the work of a non-governmental organisation (NGO) called the Council of Economic Priorities (CEP), which rated the social and environmental performance of industries in the US.

Tags:: Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Project (GRP), Industry, Pollution, rating, sector ratings, Story