Scrapping yards in Alang are shutting down

The world's largest scrapping beach in Alang in India now seems to be increasingly threatened by cheap Chinese steel and the new EU regulations regarding correct methods of scrapping. The number of active scrapping yards in Alang has declined to 50 this year from more than 100 in 2014.
Photo: IMO
Photo: IMO
BY DANIEL LOGAN BERG-MUNCH

The controversial scrapping beach in Alang in India now seems to be facing a dark future.

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