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Days after a US-led 'Pax Silica initiative' excluded India from the rare earths alliance, JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal on Friday called for increased focus on domestic exploration of minerals. Jindal, who leads the USD 23 billion conglomerate having interests in steel and also electric vehicles, said India has sufficient reserves of rare earths. "We have a lot of rare earth in our country. We have not worked on it very diligently. So therefore, we have not explored the rare earth mineral wealth in our country," he said. "But now, after the shock we got from China, I think the country is sincerely working to see that we develop our rare earths," Jindal added. On the country's exclusion from the Pax Silica initiative, he suggested that developing our own strengths is the way forward. "India has to develop its own. Atmanirbhar Bharat is a very important aspect and we have to (work)," Jindal told reporters on the sidelines of the World Hindu Economic Forum here. It can be noted t
JSW Energy looks to operationalise its battery assembly plant in Pune, Maharashtra, in the third quarter of this financial year, a company official said. In an investor call, the company's Joint Managing Director and CEO, Sharad Mahendra, also said that trial runs for green hydrogen project having a capacity of 3,800 tonnes per annum (TPA) at Vijayanagar are near complete and its commissioning is expected soon. The company is setting up a battery assembly plant at Pune in Maharashtra with an annual capacity of 5 gigawatt hour (GWh), he said. This facility is dedicated to supporting Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), he said, adding the company expects to operationalise it in the third quarter of FY26. "It will also enable us to meet domestic content requirements for BESS as and when they are mandated," he said. The company registered a 59 per cent year-on-year rise in total revenues to Rs 5,361 crore in the July-September period, from Rs 3,459 crore in the year-ago period. It
JSW MG Motor India is eyeing the number one position in the country's luxury electric vehicle (EV) segment, banking on technological innovation, product launches and a shift in consumer preferences, a senior company official said on Wednesday. The company has already emerged as the second-largest player in India's luxury EV market and aims to take the top position by 2026, he said. "The Indian luxury car market is about 700 units a month. Our aim is to be number one in both luxury and mass categories. The luxury EV market is evolving fast, and our target is to become the number one player in 2026. In September, we sold 213 units," Milind Shah, Head of MG Select, told PTI on the sidelines of the launch of its experience centre in Kolkata, the first in the eastern region. MG Select is a designated retail channel and showroom network for luxury cars under the MG brand. Based on current industry volumes, reaching 350-plus units per month would help the company achieve the goal, he ...
Moody's Ratings upgraded its outlook on domestic steel major JSW Steel and its US-based arm Periama Holdings LLC to positive from stable. The change in outlook reflects JSW Steel's meaningful expansion in operating scale, reinforcing its position as India's largest steel producer, Hui Ting Sim, a Moody's Ratings Assistant Vice President and Analyst said in a report on Wednesday. Hui Ting Sim said the ramp-up of operations at recently completed projects will drive higher earnings and support sustained improvement in the company's credit metrics. The rating action also reflects our expectation that JSW Steel will implement its growth plans with financial discipline, and it will proactively manage the refinancing of significant debt obligations, the analyst said. "Moody's Ratings (Moody's) has changed the outlook on JSW Steel Limited (JSW Steel) and Periama Holdings LLC's (Periama Holdings) ratings to positive from stable," the report said. On the rationale behind the move, Moody's s