The government is aiming to increase the share of scrap in steel making process to 50% by 2047, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.
The steel minister emphasised on usage of scrap in steel making as manufacturing the metal through scrap and other waste products is less polluting and termed it as a step "towards green steel initiative".
"As per our ministry's vision 2047 document, in the next 25 years, the percentage of scrap will be 50% along with the balance 50% as iron ore," Mr. Scindia said at the 11th International Material Recycling Conference in Kolkata.
