Page 12 - Kunal Bose

Emerging from a year of sliding global steel profits

A visionary tycoon who believed in his gut feel

RP Goenka inspired the likes of Lakshmi Mittal with his business strategy, was a hardcore Congressman and enjoyed the company of his friends

Autos may soon be fastest growing end-use aluminium segment

Greater focus on aluminium-intensive vehicles seen, with the light metal replacing steel in more and more areas

Unremitting rises in edible oil imports a major CAD concern

Large imports are primarily due to competitive prices of edible oils in international market and import duty structure

Chinese lethargy in smelter capacity use hits world aluminium

Case for captive, merchant iron ore mining going hand in hand

China is the principal reason why iron ore will remain a hot commodity, notwithstanding occasional dip in prices

A never-ending debate on the need for iron ore exports

The debate remains inconclusive, with the government so far leaning more on no-export advocates

Isn't ArcelorMittal more sinned against than actually sinning?

Posco, Vedanta impasse impairing Odisha's industry image

Vedanta has more than once made offers to Nalco to buy its surplus alumina paying a reasonable premium over the world market price

Should India walk the Chinese path in growing steel capacity?

Confounding imports when country deluged with its own sugar

Alternate glut and shortage of sugar every fourth year makes it imperative for the country to engage in exports and imports at regular intervals

Crystal gazing copper prices in a year of expected surplus

Why palm oil must sell at a big discount to fossil diesel

Malaysia might be thinking that any loss in CPO exports is to be made good by selling larger volumes of refined, bleached and deodorised palmolein to China, the world?s biggest market for it

Indian steel demand runs contrary to global subdued trend

The World Steel Association's prediction in October that steel would again record low consumption growth in 2013 finds resonance in forecasts by many agencies and in polls conducted by industry officials and analysts

What explains this rapid progress in iron ore prices?

Supply drought from India is one important reason why spot ore prices climbed so strongly in December after sinking to a 3-year low in September

India's aluminium use growth will be next only to China's

India is in the midst of creating large smelting capacity, through greenfield projects heralded by Hindalco and Vedanta

Will new incentive package script revival of sugar factories in Bihar?

Over the years, industry capacity shrank beyond recognition to 11 cane crushing units from 28 till the late 1980s, as production cost is not covered by realisation from sugar sales

Hindustan Copper disinvestment: Lessons for the government

As disinvestment happens in the rest of 2012-13, the government should do offer pricing in a way as to ensure that post-listing shares do not sink below the floor

Time to improve global competitiveness of Indian shipyards

A major victim of the 2008-09 recession, the two conjoined industries continue to suffer because of the Euro zone crisis and fall in Chinese economic growth

Growing compulsions for investment breakthrough in mining