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Tata Steel BSL has set up the ‘world’s first’ ultraviolet oxidation plant in the industry at its facility in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district to treat cyanide in coke oven wastewater, a deadly pollutant. The UV oxidation unit has been established with support from the research and development team of parent company ... Read More »

Palghar : Five workers were injured in a fire following an explosion at the plant of a chemical company in Maharashtra”s Palghar district, officials said on Sunday. The blast took place around 11.30 pm on Saturday at the chemical plant located in Boisar industrial area here, a fire official said. ... Read More »

Udaipur : Facing severe protest from the public over setting up of a sewage treatment plant near a densely populated colony and temples, the administration stayed the work and announced to constitute a committee to decide an agreeable site for the plant.  The people in Pratapgarh  city had been opposing the ... Read More »

Steel Authority of India’s (SAIL) new hot strip mill at Rourkela steel plant (RSP) is likely to get completed by the beginning of financial year 2020, which will augment the unit’s hot rolled steel making capacity along with enabling RSP to produce advance grade HR coils. This will help RSP ... Read More »

Orient Press has received a letter from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to restart the manufacturing activities at Tarapur Industrial Area subject to fulfilment of certain terms & conditions as stated in the said letter with respect to effluent treatment conditions. The company has accordingly restarted its manufacturing activities from ... Read More »

Goodyear India is going to shut down its plant situated in NCR i.e. Ballabgarh, Haryana State and the boiler operations of the plant use coal and biomass fuel to manufacture the products, from November 4, 2018 till November 10, 2018 (both days inclusive), in compliance with the directions issued by ... Read More »

Gallantt Ispat has established a power plant having total capacity of 53 MW which includes 12.5 MW Power plant based on bio mass (Rice Husk) and this power was proposed to be sold to Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) and the rest to be captivity utilized in Company unit. After ... Read More »

DCM Shriram has started additional commercial production of 168 TPD in Chlor-alkali plant at Kota (Rajasthan), on October 22, 2018. DCM Shriram is engaged in the business of fertilizer, sugar and caustic soda. Read More »

Amara Raja Batteries is setting up its third automotive battery manufacturing plant at Chitoor in the state of Andhra Pradesh at an investment of Rs 700 crore for the first phase, with a capacity of 6.5 million units. The company would scale up capacity in the new plant to 10.8 ... Read More »

Shalimar Paints has laid down the foundation of a manufacturing unit to be rebuilt in Nashik, in the state of Maharashtra. The company set to commence operations by April 2019 with a planned production capacity of 2,180 kilolitres per month, Shalimar’s state-of-the-art Nashik facility will increase the brand’s overall production ... Read More »

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is going to invest an additional Rs 200 crore at its Assam plant to augment operations. The company has already invested Rs 700 crore in this manufacturing facility. Besides, the company has inaugurated a new production line at its facility in Palashbari. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries is the ... Read More »

NEW DELHI:  Graphite India Ltd (GIL) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it was not using imported needle petroleum coke (petcoke) at its Bengaluru plant, which is facing complaints about pollution and emission of black dust. GIL told a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta that it ... Read More »

Uniworth has received an approval for suspension of work at the company’s Plant at Raipur with effect from October 08, 2018, in view of industrial unrest and violence at Plant. The Board of Directors of the company has approved the same. Uniworth is among the first in India to produce ... Read More »

Graphite India has decided to halt operations in its Bengaluru graphite electrode plant by halting the furnaces in a sequential manner by October end, during the ongoing revamp work for the replacement of roof sheets. The revamping work would be completed by end November 2018. The company intends to make ... Read More »

Tata Motors’ wholly owned subsidiary — Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is planning two-week shutdown of its West Midlands plant in UK at the end of October to cope with weakening global demand for its luxury vehicles. JLR is focused on achieving operational efficiencies and will align supply to reflect fluctuating ... Read More »

Goa Carbon has temporarily shut down its Goa Plant at St. Jose de Areal, Salcete-Goa for maintenance work from October 6, 2018. Goa Carbon is into the business of manufacturing and marketing Calcined Petroleum Coke. Goa Carbon is firmly established as a leading Indian petcoke calciner. It is a regular ... Read More »

Tata Motors’ Pune plant has bagged the prestigious ‘Renewable Energy Excellence End User’ award 2018 at Renewable Energy India Awards 2018. The company’s Pune plant was adjudged under the ‘RE Excellence End User’ category, which recognized its commitment to the ‘RE 100 initiative’ and its work towards mitigation of climate ... Read More »

Despite plants and vegetation being key to the Earth’s ecosystem, little is known about the origin of their roots. However in new research, published in Nature, Oxford University scientists describe a transitional root fossils from the earliest land ecosystem that sheds light on how roots have evolved. The findings suggest ... Read More »

In Tamil Nadu, at least 9 people killed in police firing in Tuticorin. The months-long protests for the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Tuticorin over pollution concerns turned violent on Tuesday, with agitators fighting pitched bottles with police, prompting it to open fire in which 9 people killed. ... Read More »

Prism Cement’s step-down joint venture – Spectrum Johnson Tiles (Spectrum) has successfully completed the expansion of 3 million m2 (MSM) per annum large format Glazed Vitrified Tiles capacity at its Matel plant, Morbi. The plant has capability to produce large format GVT i.e. 120cmx120cm, 120cmx180cm and 120cmx240cm amongst others. The ... Read More »