Pet Coke

The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Union Environment Ministry for not finalising pollution emission standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in the national capital region and slapped a cost of Rs two lakh on it.

Come April and all four-wheelers in Delhi will have to meet Bharat Stage 4 pollution norms. But from across the city's borders, from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a new pollution is drifting in - huge quantities of Sulphur-Dioxide, coming from the systematic burning of pet coke by industries. Experts say it will be 300 times more polluting than a car ...

Every day eight people on an average are dying in Delhi due to air pollution-related diseases, the Supreme Court today said even as it directed the Centre to consider banning the use of fuels high in sulphur content-- furnace oil and pet coke -- by industries in NCR.

Pet coke, a key raw material for the cement sector, has shown a firming trend in prices to around $60-70 per tonne, from $40 at the beginning of the financial year, which may hit the margin too.

Rampant use of sulphur-heavy fuel like furnace oil and pet coke in industries across the National Capital Region is generating "enormous" amount of air pollutants and it needs immediate attention, a Supreme Court-appointed body has said.

Cola majors Pepsico and Coca-Cola today refuted allegations of presence of heavy metals in their PET bottles and said that they have not received any such reports from the government.

To encourage cement industry and bring it at par with other core and infrastructure industries, the excise duty rate be rationalized from 10 per cent to 6-8 per cent.

The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Union Environment Ministry for not finalising pollution emission standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in the national capital region and slapped a cost of Rs two lakh on it.

Come April and all four-wheelers in Delhi will have to meet Bharat Stage 4 pollution norms. But from across the city's borders, from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, a new pollution is drifting in - huge quantities of Sulphur-Dioxide, coming from the systematic burning of pet coke by industries. Experts say it will be 300 times more polluting than a car ...

Every day eight people on an average are dying in Delhi due to air pollution-related diseases, the Supreme Court today said even as it directed the Centre to consider banning the use of fuels high in sulphur content-- furnace oil and pet coke -- by industries in NCR.

Pet coke, a key raw material for the cement sector, has shown a firming trend in prices to around $60-70 per tonne, from $40 at the beginning of the financial year, which may hit the margin too.

Rampant use of sulphur-heavy fuel like furnace oil and pet coke in industries across the National Capital Region is generating "enormous" amount of air pollutants and it needs immediate attention, a Supreme Court-appointed body has said.

Cola majors Pepsico and Coca-Cola today refuted allegations of presence of heavy metals in their PET bottles and said that they have not received any such reports from the government.

To encourage cement industry and bring it at par with other core and infrastructure industries, the excise duty rate be rationalized from 10 per cent to 6-8 per cent.