An ordinance legislating the modernization of smelting metal scraps, including a ban on induction furnaces, for the manufacture of rebars, was passed the San Simon government’s Pampanga Provincial Board’s Committee on Environment & Disaster Resilience in Philippines, reports The Inquirer. The ordinance seeks to minimize pollution to protect the health and environment of the people.The committee found no legal issues since the Department of Environment & Natural Resources representatives confirmed there was no existing policy against IF and that nothing prohibits local governments from banning IF.The Board of Investments in 2019 rejected the application of Philippine Sanjia Steel to put up an PHP 800M steel plant due to DENR’s policy against IF with defective or substandard air pollution control technologyAccording to the minutes of earlier municipal hearing, Melters Steel, Real Steel & Wan Chiong Steel reported using IF in smelting scrap metals. The two others, Altima Empire Steel & SKK Steel, use electric arc furnaces. The five companies produce an average of 3,000 metric tons of steel bars daily.
An ordinance legislating the modernization of smelting metal scraps, including a ban on induction furnaces, for the manufacture of rebars, was passed the San Simon government’s Pampanga Provincial Board’s Committee on Environment & Disaster Resilience in Philippines, reports The Inquirer. The ordinance seeks to minimize pollution to protect the health and environment of the people.The committee found no legal issues since the Department of Environment & Natural Resources representatives confirmed there was no existing policy against IF and that nothing prohibits local governments from banning IF.The Board of Investments in 2019 rejected the application of Philippine Sanjia Steel to put up an PHP 800M steel plant due to DENR’s policy against IF with defective or substandard air pollution control technologyAccording to the minutes of earlier municipal hearing, Melters Steel, Real Steel & Wan Chiong Steel reported using IF in smelting scrap metals. The two others, Altima Empire Steel & SKK Steel, use electric arc furnaces. The five companies produce an average of 3,000 metric tons of steel bars daily.
