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Pollution in Sponge Iron Industry 
Sponge iron process will dominate Indian Steel Sector very soon. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is highly polluting. The repercussions are already visible near sponge iron factories. Public rage is widespread.
Green Rating Programme, Iron and Steel Sector, Story

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Green Rating Programme
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Health and Safety in Indian iron and steel industry 
Health and safety is the achilles' heel of the Indian steel sector. The fatality rate of this sector is one of the hieghest in the world.
Green Rating Programme, Iron And Steel Industry, Story
EIA
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CSE’s short-term training programme on social impact assessment 
Social Impact Assessment (SIA) is an important tool to inform decision makers, regulators and stakeholders, about the possible social and economic impacts of a proposed project. To be effective, it requires the active involvement of all concerned stakeholders.
CSE training programme, EIA, Story
Community Support
Analysis of EIA report - Gare Palma Coal Sub Block IV/6 
The Gare Palma Coal Sub Block IV/6 was allotted jointly to M/s Jindal Steel & Power Limited & M/s Nalwa Sponge Iron Limited by the Ministry of Coal on January 13, 2006 to meet the coal-requirement of their respective Sponge Iron Plants situated at distances of 45 km and 25 km from the Coal Block at Raigarh & Taraimal respectively.
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Coal, Forests, Gare Palma Coal Sub Block IV/6, Jindal, Kelo, mine, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Public Hearing, River, Community Support, Reports
Green Rating Programme
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Pollution and control in steel industry 
Steel industry is complex and highly pollution intensive. Way ahead, the sector is growing rapidly, so at every stage of steel making, better efficiency and pollution control is inevitable.
Green Rating Programme, Iron And Steel Industry, Story
Green Rating Programme
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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.
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
Community Support
Analysis of EIA Report - Development of Waterfront at Mormugao Port, Goa 
The Mormugao port located in North Goa is planning to develop a waterfront (new harbor and breakwater) west of the breakwater at the existing Mormugao port. WAPCOS has prepared the Environment Impact Assessment report for the project.
Centre for Science and Environment, Down to earth, EIA, environmental impact assessment (EIA), Goa State Environmental Council, Goa State Pollution Control Board (SPCB),marine ecology, Mormugao port, Mormugao Port Trust, Port expansion project, Public Hearing,Savio Correia, WAPCOS Ltd, Community Support, What's new
Green Rating Programme
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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.
Green Rating Programme, Industrial Waste, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Rourkela,Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Steel Slag, Waste Management, Story
Green Rating Programme
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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
Environment, Green Rating Programme, Health, Steel Plants, Story
Community Support
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Training workshop on CSE's Green Clearance Watch 
We recently got together with our partners for a one day training workshop on Green Clearance Watch (GCW) Portal on November 19, 2012. The program brought together our partners who have helped us to cover public hearings around the country and will be working with us in future.
Environmental Clearance, Forest Clearance,Green Clearance Watch, Public Hearing, Community Support, Story
Community Support
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CSE 's Round Table on Mercury Pollution in Sonbhadra 
Pollution in Sonbhadra area is not new and has been talked about for many years but no action has been taken to check the pollution. This has led to long term health impacts which have now started to show up in the population of the region. CSE took up a study to look at these health impacts and to investigate the possible causes.
Blood, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Coal, CSE Study, Diabetes, Down to earth,Drinking Water, Food Contamination, Gas Chromatograph, Health, Health Effects, Heart Diseases, Heavy Metals, India, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR), Industrial Pollution, Land Pollution, Madhya Pradesh, Mercury, Mining, Mining Waste, Respiratory Diseases,Singrauli, Sonbhadra, Toxicity Studies, Toxins, Tuberculosis, Uttar Pradesh, Water Pollution,Community Support, Story
Green Rating Programme
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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
Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Programme, Iron, Story
Green Rating Programme
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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
Green Rating Programme, Green Rating Programme, Story
Green Rating Programme
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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
Book Review, Green Rating Programme, Story
Community Support
CSE disagrees with finance ministry: says no need for National Investment Board (NIB) 
Puts out new data to prove that green clearances are not delaying infrastructure projects
Cement, Green Clearances, Hydropower, Iron, National Investment Board, Thermal Power, Community Support, Story
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