A Diamond Jubilee Workshop on “Decarbonisation and Sustainability Challenges in Raw Material Preparation for Steel Industries” was organised at the CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar on June 23.
The workshop was inaugurated in the presence of chief guest Atha Group of Industries president ND Rao, CSIR-IMMT Director Dr Ramanuj Narayan, 4MSI president Dr SK Biswal, Coal India Limited Director Debasish Nanda, Brown field Projects, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, Head Arun Kumar Rath.
Chief guest Rao, said such a workshop gives a great opportunity to discuss further in terms of innovation and research work. He sought great cooperation between the industrial houses and the institute and congratulated all the scientists and employees for their remarkable contributions for the steel industry.
Director, Coal India Ltd, Nanda said, “With the growth of the Indian steel sector, we are one of the countries challenging China. When you look at capacity, you can see that it is gradually expanding while demand is also increasing.”
Praising CSIR-IMMT for organizing such workshop Head Brown field Projects, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Rath introduced the ArcelorMittal Climate Action Report, which highlighted the concept of Smart Carbon.
Senior Scientist, SPBD Dr T Pavan Kumar interacted with the startups and entrepreneurs. CSIR-IMMT Chief Scientist of Mineral Processing and Business Development Dr Ashok Sahu delivered a special lecture.