Kunal Bose

We may revise iron ore prices further, says NMDC CMD Sumit Deb

The lockdown hit our iron ore production and despatches in the first two months of 2020-21, he says

Mining: Major investors anticipate potential in liberalised rules

Mining companies say the plans to introduce an exploration-cum-production regime that the finance minister announced in May for 500 mineral blocks has not come a moment too soon

Covid-19 pandemic expands the appetite for India's basmati exports

Exporters saw an unexpected demand surge as countries in West Asia rushed to build buffer stocks. But procedural problems could make it difficult to sustain the momentum

Covid-19 casts a new light on steel as rural India provides some succour

With rural India being the only bright spot in the pandemic, steelmakers are looking beyond automobile and exports to daily-use products

Cement companies face hard truths as revival looks tough due to Covid-19

Manufacturers in India and China were anticipating growth on the back of an infrastructure splurge. The pandemic has forced them to cut back, and revival this year looks tough

The future is back in the pits for steelmakers as demand falls rapidly

Iron ore extraction in a falling demand scenario due to cutbacks in steel production is weighing on its prices

How sugar industry has managed to break out from surplus-shortage cycle

The Rangarajan committee recommendations on sugar reforms have been put into cold storage. Yet, the industry has managed to break out from the infamous surplus-shortage cycle

Budget wishlist: Steel industry expects relief from taxes, logistic costs

Hopes are running high in the aluminium industry that the finance minister will finally end the inverted duty regime

How low tariffs have turned India into a dumping ground for aluminium scrap

Aluminium recyclers are happy that scrap is spared any extra customs duty burden

Roads to rail tracks: India must iron out logistics for transporting steel

For India to benefit from capacity targets set in the National Steel Policy 2017, modes of transportation other than road and rail need to be developed first

B K Birla, businessman and builder of educational institutes, dies

Basant Kumar Birla passes away in Mumbai. He was 98.

Indian copper smelters feel the pinch as China laps up key ingredient

Reduced concentrate output globally and heightened demand from Chinese smelters are to adversely affect the supply of feedstock for Indian smelters

Iron ore prices rally globally, but in India trade policies scuttle miners

As it would happen, Indian merchant exporters could not take advantage of the catastrophic rupture of Vale-owned tailings dam linked to a major iron ore mine in Brazil's Minas Gerais in January

Mining waste is an environmental time bomb and the industry its creator

The industry has consistently displayed a cavalier approach to safety when it comes to disposing of waste

How insolvency is reshaping steel

It's helping the industry consolidate with investors keen to acquire assets that were once sound but turned insolvent due to poor financial management

There is juice in it: Sugarcane-based ethanol can help India's energy needs

In terms of efficiency in limiting carbon emissions, ethanol extracted from sugarcane scores over fuel derived from corn

World has moved, but India continues to use corrosion-prone steel for cars

The automobile industry globally has moved to galvanised steel, but India and China continue to use steel that is prone to corrosion for cars meant for local market

How Hindalco ringfenced itself from uncertainty with value-added products

There was a time when nearly 75% smelters in the world were not able to recover production costs from aluminium sales

High raw material costs take the sheen off stainless steel industry

High raw material costs prove a major hindrance in producers' efforts to increase per capita use

India's sugar rush ends in global pain

The prospects of India emerging as a major exporter that will cut into Brazil's share of global trade have enraged the Global Sugar Alliance