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Pet Coke Imports
April 22 , 2020
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- Directorate General of Foreign Trade has invited applications for import of pet coke.
- Earlier, it had banned import of pet coke.
- Import of petcoke was allowed only in lime kiln, cement gasification and calcium carbide industries.
- India is the largest consumer of pet coke in the world.
Pet Coke
- Petroleum Coke is called Pet Coke.
- Pet Coke consists of more than 80% of carbon.
- Pet coke emits over 11% more greenhouse gases than coal.
- It is rich in carbon and is derived during oil refining.
- Pet Coke is mainly used in aluminum industry as raw material.
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