<span style="color: #222222;">Minister of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia will inaugurate the 13th edition of International Conference and Exhibition by the Indian Institute of Metals at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi this Friday. </span><br />''<br />''Ministry of Steel in a statement today said that the conference aims at identifying long-term measures to promote circular economy to minimize dependency on extraction of natural virgin ore and prepare recommendations and approaches for the metal industry to evolve environmentally friendly, cost-effective, energy-efficient strategies, policies, and practices. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The theme of this year's conference is "Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy in Mineral and Metal Sectors. "</span><br />