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Tata Steel Receives National Energy Conservation Award 2010
12/15/2010 - Tata Steel has received the National Energy Conservation Award 2010 under the integrated steel sector category. The company was evaluated on the basis of energy conservation measures implemented during 2009-10 as well as its future plans.
Tata Steel has received the National Energy Conservation Award 2010 under the integrated steel sector category, which acknowledges the company’s excellence in the use of energy.
The company has been conferred 2nd prize by the Hon’ble Union Minister of Power, Sushilkumar Shinde, Ministry of Power; Government of India. The award was received by J.P.N. Singh, Chief, Fuel Management, Tata Steel.
Tata Steel has been evaluated on the basis of energy conservation measures implemented during 2009-10. It has also taken into consideration future plans put in place by Tata Steel for energy conservation.
Tata Steel has in place an energy-conservation commitment policy aimed at rationalization of energy use, as well as matters relating to the recovery and waste utilization. The policy commitment also includes 100% online monitoring of energy parameters, instrumentation and control, process integration, waste heat recovery, and enhancing awareness of energy efficiency via publicity and competitions.
Tata Steel has benchmarked with World Steel Association for its plant specific energy consumption.
The awards were presented for the first time on December 14, 1991, which was declared as National Energy Conservation Day. Since then, National Energy Conservation Awards have attracted the attention of Industrial and Commercial Sector companies, with increasing participation year after year.
Tata Steel Group is the tenth-largest steel producer in the world with more than 80,000 employees across five continents. During the financial year 2009-10, the Group recorded deliveries of 24 million tonnes compared to 28 million tonnes in the previous year, the decline a reflection of the global economic slowdown mainly in the U.K. and European operations.
