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A combined-cycle power plant is a relatively more efficient way of producing electricity. It uses both a gas and a steam turbine together to produce up to 50 percent more electricity from the same fuel than a traditional simple-cycle plant. The financing deal has two components of dollar 100 million …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has won a Rs 11,700 crore order for setting up a 3×800 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Jharkhand. The order for setting up the 3×800 MW Patratu Super Thermal Power Station Expansion, Phase-I (3x 800 MW) has been placed on BHEL by Patratu Vidyut Utpadan …

Hindustan Zinc’s Pantnagar Metal Plant received Par Excellence Award in 5S & Kaizen in the 5th National Enclave on 5S organized by Quality Circle Forum of India. Over 75 companies from all over the country participated in the conclave held at BIT, Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) on 9th -10th February 2018. The theme …