India seems to be prepared to take the step into energy efficient technology for waste water treatment, observes Jan Olsen, Director, Aeration Competence Centre (ACC), Siemens (Denmark), talking to Sumantra Das.
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GAIL Signs MoU with KABIL to Boost Critical Minerals Collaboration
India’s First Private Orbital Rocket Vikram‑1 Set for July 18 Test Flight
NHAI Engages Consultants to Strengthen InvIT‑Led Highway O&M
Porbandar Shipbuilding Cluster, Vadinar Repair Facility Get Government Nod
AM/NS India and SVNIT Launch Programme to Build Industry‑Ready Talent in Surat
Naidu Fast‑Tracks Dholera International Airport Operationalisation
KEC International Secures First Data Centre Line Order in ₹1.18 Billion Wins
Railway Minister Vaishnaw Unveils Eight New Freight Reforms
REC, CPRI Partner to Boost Quality Assurance under RDSS
HPCL Strengthens Ethanol Quality Checks with 3,651 Surprise Inspections
India’s Drone Challenge 2.0 Empowers Students to Build Smarter Drones on Indigenous Chips
GIFT City Units Freed from Coastal Shipping Licence, Boosting India’s Maritime Finance Hub
REC Commits ₹150 Billion to Power and Renewable Push in Tripura
As India’s GCCs Shift from Cost to Capability Leadership, Sitharaman Charts Next Decade of Growth
DFCCIL Advances East-West Freight Corridor with Stakeholder Push on Financing and Construction
GMR Charts Multi‑Phase Roadmap to Transform Nagpur Airport into India’s Heartland Hub
Kamarajar Port Joins Visakhapatnam as India’s Second 18‑Metre Deep‑Draft Port
El Niño Cuts 13 aGW Hydropower Across Asia, Forcing Coal and LNG Reliance
CUMI Named Armour Partner for DRDO’s Indigenous Vikram VT21 Combat Vehicles
Govt holds roadshow in abroad to sell stake in CIL
The Union government's disinvestment department has been on a roadshow in five nations including Germany and the UK to attract foreign investors for its Rs 9,000-crore Coal India's five per cent stake sale. The roadshows are being held in New York, Boston and San Fransisco in the US, followed by Toronto in Canada and London in the UK, sources in the government said.
Tata Steel plans furnace in UK to tap aerospace industry
Tata Steel is to construct a new 15-million pound vacuum induction melting (VIM) furnace at its South Yorkshire plant in the UK by 2015. The furnace is to develop innovative products for aerospace industry and tap new market opportunities. The furnace will enable the firm to increase its supply of high-purity steel to the aerospace industry.
Rise in KG-D6 output expected
As Reliance Industries and its partner BP plc of the UK are working together, they may have been able to arrest the steep decline in output from their main gas field in the eastern offshore KG-D6 fields.
Investment: A legacy of perception?
An India-US Infrastructure Fund that was set up in 2010, but with the US recently lodging a formal complaint against India with World Trade Council on entry barriers to companies, things could be on wait-and-watch mode.
Draft policy on offshore wind energy released
Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has released a draft national offshore wind energy policy for 2013. The draft policy was written with inputs from a steering committee on offshore wind energy.
Tata Steel to reline blast furnace in UK plant
Tata Steel plans to reline the Queen Anne blast furnace at its Scunthorpe, UK, plant at a cost of $77 million, or over Rs 400 crore. The project may be completed before the plantÂ’s 60th anniversary in April 2014. Relining will raise efficiency and capacity of the furnace as it involves replacement of the brick and refractory lining, replacement of copper mantle plates and copper stack cooling plates
Annuity can fast-track investment in soft infra
BOT Annuity method brings several advantages in the form of private capital, private sector efficiencies and transfer of risks. Yet, the model is not receiving enough attention until recently.
Annuity can fast-track investment in soft infra
BOT Annuity method brings several advantages in the form of private capital, private sector efficiencies and transfer of risks. Yet, the model is not receiving enough attention until recently.
Gamesa India to export 850 kw wind turbines
Chairman and Managing Director of Gamesa India Ramesh Kymal said that the coÂmpany will look to export the 850-kw turbines to North Africa and the UK and expÂects to sign an order soon in this regard.


