A 15-year-old Sierra Leonean teen built batteries and a radio station from scrap partsA young innovator named Kelvin Doe from Sierra Leone built batteries, generators, and a radio station using discarded electronics. He salva...
19 May, 2026, 04.04 PM IST
From kitchen storage to recycling bins: How Deposit Refund Schemes can change India’s plastic economyIndia is exploring Deposit Refund Schemes (DRS) to tackle plastic waste, where consumers pay a small deposit on packaged products, refunded...
15 May, 2026, 06.48 PM IST
Indian recyclers seek removal of import tax on aluminium scrap, letter showsSmall and medium recycling firms are urging the PMO to scrap the 2.5% import tax on aluminium scrap due to rising costs and tight global su...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
EU’s CBAM expansion to impact Indian engg, auto parts, machinery exports: GTRIIndia's exports of engineering goods, auto parts, and machinery to Europe face potential carbon tax hikes as the EU expands its Carbon Bord...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Attero launches MetalMandi, a platform for metal scrap industry; eyes annual turnover of Rs 2,000 croreAttero, India's leading cleantech company, has launched MetalMandi, an AI-powered digital platform to organize the metal scrap industry. Ai...
15 Jan, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
India’s steel expansion plans threatened by scrap metal export restrictions“Every country is going to protect their scrap due to a circular economy being implemented at home,” Sanjay Mehta, president of the Materia...
03 Nov, 2023, 10.35 AM IST
Nupur Recyclers IPO subscribed fully on Day 1Nupur Recyclers is looking to raise Rs 34.2 crore from the public issue. The company is issuing 57,00,000 shares at a fixed price of Rs 60 ...
13 Dec, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Mines ministry issues framework for non-ferrous metal scrap recycling"Ministry of Mines will work towards creating a sustainable scrap recycling ecosystem...National non-ferrous metal scrap recycling framewor...
14 Mar, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Government mulls making non-ferrous scrap recycling an organized sector with a new frameworkThis framework is also seen to be prepared in the backdrop of the upcoming Vehicle Scrappage Policy for automobiles, which will ensure suff...
10 Mar, 2021, 05.38 PM IST
Govt notifies steel scrap recycling policy: Dharmendra Pradhan"The Steel Scrap Recycling Policy has been notified in the Gazette of India vide No. 354 dated November 7, 2019. The policy provides a fram...
18 Nov, 2019, 01.40 PM IST
High GST threatening aluminium recycling units: IndustryGST on metal scrap at 18 per cent and the industry has demanded that it be reduced to 5 per cent at par with GST on other kinds of scrap.
17 Mar, 2018, 04.18 PM IST
Modi 'best doctor' to cure India of major 'diseases': Arjun Ram MeghwalMeghwal said cleanliness, corruption, poverty, communalism, casteism and terrorism are the six diseases, identified by the prime minister, ...
19 Jan, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Steel Ministry to look into import duty on metal scrapsSteel Secretary Aruna Sundararajan assured the industry that the ministry will look into import duty structure on imports of all types of m...
22 Jan, 2016, 07.57 PM IST
- Steel Ministry to consider demands of recycling sector
The union steel ministry will seriously consider the demands of the country's recycling industry for support in the form of strong policy i...
22 Jan, 2016, 06.29 PM IST
Metal recycling industry wants government to draft a new policy for sectorThe industry is set to register an annual growth of 11.4 per cent till the year 2020 as per a recent report on metal recycling sector.
21 Jan, 2016, 07.29 PM IST
Government will look into import duty on scrap, FTAs: Vishnu Deo Sai, MinisterThe Mines Ministry will look into the issue of import duty on scrap, special additional duty and trade pacts with countries, Union Minister...
05 Feb, 2015, 06.39 PM IST
India's ferrous scrap imports to dip by one-fourth on weaker rupeeIndia's ferrous scrap imports are likely to drop by one-fourth essentially on weaker rupee, lowering steel production and surging usage of ...
12 Sep, 2012, 05.05 PM IST