Steel Ministry directs stakeholders to develop R&D roadmap for steel sector 
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Steel Ministry directs stakeholders to develop R&D roadmap for steel sector

Steel Ministry on Thursday directed the stakeholders of the steel sector to develop a comprehensive medium-term research and development (R&D) roadmap for the domestic industry

PTI

New Delhi:  Steel Ministry on Thursday directed the stakeholders of the steel sector to develop a comprehensive medium-term research and development (R&D) roadmap for the domestic industry. A meeting in this regard was chaired by Steel Secretary Nagendra Nath Sinha, the Ministry of Steel said in a statement.

A brainstorming meeting was held to evolve a comprehensive medium-term R&D roadmap

"A brainstorming meeting was held to evolve a comprehensive medium-term R&D roadmap and action plan for the Iron and steel sector for the next ten years," it said.

Stakeholders from the steel industry, academia, research laboratories, design and engineering companies participated in the meeting. The areas identified for carrying out research were beneficiation of iron ore, beneficiation of coal, carbon capture, utilisation of steel industry wastes such as steel slag, decarbonisation technologies, use of bio-char to substitute coke/ coal in some areas of iron and steel-making, it said.

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