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Pet coke import for fuel use
August 19 , 2018
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- Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has banned the import of petcoke for use as fuel.
- But it has allowed its import of only for use as feedstock in some select industries such as cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries.
- These industries were earlier affected by petcoke-related policy flip-flops, which began after Supreme Court judgment (Oct 2017) banning use its in and around New Delhi to curb pollution.
- There are two kinds of pet coke produced viz.
- Fuel grade pet coke (80%) and
- calcined pet coke (20%) during oil refining.
- Petcoke is a much more potent pollutant than coal and causes greater harm to the environment and health.
- It contains whopping 74,000 PPM of sulfur content which is released into the atmosphere as emissions which is much higher than vehicular emissions.
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