<p>New Delhi: India's steel ministry on Thursday announced a formula for defining 'green steel,' classifying it under three categories based on the quantity of carbon emissions per metric tonne of the alloy produced.</p><p>Steel produced with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 2.2 tonne per tonne of finished steel would be defined as "green steel," a ministry presentation released in New Delhi showed.</p><p>Steel produced with emissions below 1.6 tonnes per tonne of alloy would be classified as "five-star green-rated steel," the cleanest of the three.</p><p>Meanwhile, steel produced with emissions between 2 to 2.2 tonnes per tonne of the alloy will be classified as "three-star green-rated steel" - the least clean of the lot.</p>.Road Research Institute pioneers steel slag technology to fill potholes . <p>This threshold limit for defining the categories will be reviewed every three years, a government handout showed.</p><p>India, the world's biggest steel producer after China, has been working on a green steel policy in a bid to decarbonise procurement and production of the key construction material, amid a wider push towards cutting down greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p>India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set 2070 as the target for achieving net zero emissions.</p><p>The country is also considering mandating green steel for government projects, steel secretary Sandeep Poundrik said on the sidelines of an event. </p>
<p>New Delhi: India's steel ministry on Thursday announced a formula for defining 'green steel,' classifying it under three categories based on the quantity of carbon emissions per metric tonne of the alloy produced.</p><p>Steel produced with carbon dioxide emissions of less than 2.2 tonne per tonne of finished steel would be defined as "green steel," a ministry presentation released in New Delhi showed.</p><p>Steel produced with emissions below 1.6 tonnes per tonne of alloy would be classified as "five-star green-rated steel," the cleanest of the three.</p><p>Meanwhile, steel produced with emissions between 2 to 2.2 tonnes per tonne of the alloy will be classified as "three-star green-rated steel" - the least clean of the lot.</p>.Road Research Institute pioneers steel slag technology to fill potholes . <p>This threshold limit for defining the categories will be reviewed every three years, a government handout showed.</p><p>India, the world's biggest steel producer after China, has been working on a green steel policy in a bid to decarbonise procurement and production of the key construction material, amid a wider push towards cutting down greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p>India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set 2070 as the target for achieving net zero emissions.</p><p>The country is also considering mandating green steel for government projects, steel secretary Sandeep Poundrik said on the sidelines of an event. </p>