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Green Rating of the Indian Iron and Steel Sector

The companies and how they fared

S.No.

Plant Score (%) Award Highs Lows

1 Ispat Industries, Raigad,Maharashtra

40

Three Leaves

Indias least energy consumingplant; low water consumptionand water pollution; advancedcasting technology

High air pollution; poor safetyperformance; local fishingcommunity affected due to seatransportation

2 Essar Steel, Hazira, Gujarat 39

Three Leaves

Low specific energy and waterconsumption; lowest GHGemitter; reuses steel meltingslag

Poor safety performance anddust emissions control; non-compliance with CRZ regulations

3 Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd(Vizag Steel), Visakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh

36

Three Leaves

Better air pollution managementand hazardous wastemanagement practices;advanced coking planttechnology

Wastewater discharge notcomplying with norms; poorsafety performance; inefficientutilisation of land

4 Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited,Kalinganagar, Odisha

33Two Leaves

Advanced coke oventechnology; power generationfrom waste energy

Wastewater discharge notcomplying with norms; inefficientutilisation of land

5 Tata Steel Limited,Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

32

Two Leaves

Advanced technology in newerplants; lowest specific energyconsumption and solid wastegenerated among plants using

blast furnace technology; bestsafety performance

Poor solid waste disposalpractices; wastewater dischargenot complying with norms; highair pollution from some

operations; poor local communityperceptions on environmentalperformance

6 JSW Steel, Vijaynagar, Bellary,Karnataka

27

Two Leaves

Low specific water consumption;advanced coke oven and steel-making technology; powergeneration from waste energy

Poor safety performance; airpollution not complying withnorms; high solid waste disposal.

7 Visa Steel Limited, 26 Two Leaves Advanced coke oven Poor energy efficiency; high air

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S.No.

Plant Score (%) Award Highs Lows

Kalinganagar, Odisha technology; low waterconsumption; one of the betterperforming blast furnaces

pollution; non-compliance withregulations

8 Godawari Power and IspatLimited, Raipur, Chhattisgarh

26

Two Leaves

Advanced DRI kiln technology;utilisation of waste (char) forenergy generation; low specificwater consumption

Non-compliance with air qualitynorms; poor material handlingand housekeeping; poor safetyperformance

9 Jindal Steel and PowerLimited, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

24

One Leaf

Advanced coke oventechnology; low water pollution;new blast furnace withadvanced technology

Poor safety performance; poorsolid waste management; non-compliance with air pollutionnorms; poor energy efficiency,poor local communityperceptions on environmentalperformance

10 Jai Balaji Industries Limited,Banskopa, Durgapur, WestBengal

23One Leaf

High blast furnace productivity;good safety performance; one ofthe better solid waste managers

Not complying with air pollutionand wastewater dischargenorms; poor energy efficiency

11 SAIL Rourkela, Odisha 21 One Leaf Good waste gas recovery forpower generation; one of thebetter performing steelmakingplants

High energy and waterconsumption; air pollution andwastewater not meeting thenorms; poor solid waste disposal

12 Bhushan Power and SteelLimited, Sambalpur, Odisha

20 One Leaf Technologies like dry gascleaning for blast furnace, sintercooler waste heat recovery,non-recovery coke ovens

Very poor solid wastemanagement; not complying withair pollution norms; poor safetyperformance; poor localcommunity perceptions onenvironmental performance

13 Usha Martin, Jamshedpur,Jharkhand

15 One Leaf Average blast furnaceproductivity; entire blast furnaceslag sold to cement plants

Very poor solid wastemanagement; very high airpollution not complying withnorms; very poor housekeeping;poor safety performance; poorlocal community perceptions onenvironmental performance

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Plant Score (%) Award Highs Lows

14 Welspun Maxsteel Limited,Raigad, Maharashtra

9 No Leaves Non-transparent; poordisclosure; high dust emissions;poor local communityperceptions on environmentalperformance

15 SAIL Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 9 No Leaves Non-transparent; poordisclosure; high water and

energy consumption; inefficientland use; non-compliance withair pollution and water pollutionnorms; outdated steelmakingtechnology; poor perception ofcommunity about environmentalperformance

16 SAIL Durgapur, West Bengal 7 No Leaves Non-transparent; poordisclosure; high water andenergy consumption; inefficientland use; non-compliance to airpollution and water pollutionnorms; high toxic pollution fromcoke oven batteries; poorperception of community aboutenvironmental performance

17 SAIL Bokaro, Jharkhand 7 No Leaves Non-transparent; poordisclosure; high water andenergy consumption; inefficientland use; non-compliance to airpollution and water pollutionnorms; high toxic pollution fromcoke oven batteries; poorperception of community aboutenvironmental performance; poorsafety performance

18 Jayaswal Neco Industries 4 No Leaves Non-transparent; poor

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Plant Score (%) Award Highs Lows

Limited, Raipur, Chhattisgarh disclosure; high energyconsumption; non-compliance toair pollution norms; pooroccupational health and safety;poor perception of communityabout environmentalperformance

19 SAIL IISCO Burnpur, WestBengal 3 No Leaves Most polluting plant assessed byGRP; non-transparent; poordisclosure; outdated technology;highly non-compliant with allpollution norms; poor perceptionof community aboutenvironmental performance

20 Monnet Ispat and EnergyLimited, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

3 No Leaves One of the most polluting DRIplants assessed by GRP; non-transparent; poor disclosure; not

complying with air pollutionnorms; very high pollution due tosolid waste disposal; poor localcommunity perceptions onenvironmental performance

21 Bhushan Steel Limited,Dhenkanal, Odisha

2 No Leaves The worst performing plant underGRP in all aspects; non-transparent; poor disclosure;high pollution; very poor safetyrecords; very poor solid wastedisposal practices; poor localcommunity perceptions onenvironmental performance