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Welspun Corp hits 52-week high on Rs 5,000 crore order win

With this, Welspun Crop order book as on date (excluding Saudi) stands at 704,000 MT valued at approximately Rs 10,500 crore.

Touch services worst hit in all 3 waves, need Budget support: TV Narendran

The Centre and the states need to work together so that we don't have unnecessary disruptions, while at the same time you don't take unnecessary risks, said TV Narendran

Vedanta mulls value-unlocking through separate listing of businesses

The board has also appointed various advisors to assist in evaluating the options, said the filing

Industry body PHDCCI bats for having regulator to check steel prices

The chairman of the PHDCCI's metals and minerals committee made the request to the government at a session to discuss the issues faced by the stakeholders of the industry

JSW Steel plans to levy surcharge on steel products as input cost mounts

To offset the rising input cost, the domestic steel giant JSW Steel is planning to levy a surcharge

Steel minister Ram Chandra Singh reviews performance of RINL, 3 other PSUs

Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Tuesday reviewed the performance of state-owned RINL, MSTC, KIOCL and MOIL, according to a release.

Tata Steel ramps up financials amid Covid; recommends highest ever dividend

Firm reduced net debt by Rs 29,390 crore taking consolidated net debt to Rs 75,389 crore in FY21

With massive investment plans, steel leads India Inc's capacity expansion

Several top companies, led by steel majors ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India), JSW Steel, Tata Steel and Hindalco, are planning to expand capacity in the next few quarters

This is the right time to make investment: Seshagiri Rao, JSW Steel

Demand will be robust and India will quickly recover from Covid impact, he says

JSW Steel's US operations poised for a turnaround amid the pandemic

With modernisation of Baytown plate mill, the utilisations will more than double leading to conversion costs reducing by 33-40 per cent, says company

We are producing 210 tonnes of oxygen per day: AM/NS India CEO Dilip Oommen

Oommen says major customers have indicated the current surge in Covid cases may have a limited impact on demand, but the situation is being closely monitored

2020, a 'gloom, doom and boom' year for metals amid Covid-19 pandemic

While Covid-19-led lockdowns across the globe destroyed demand in the early part of 2020, a supply cut-driven rally and sharp recovery in the auto sector have emerged as big themes

Vedanta's steel business back on growth turf after Covid-19 speed breaker

The group's ESL Steel is looking to hit the ground with its plan of doubling capacity towards the end of the fourth quarter

JSPL: Reduction in net debt expected to drive re-rating, say analysts

Rising volumes, expanded capacities, operating leverage, better realisation and debt reduction to aid earnings

Steel set to get costlier by 10-20% for auto manufacturers amid recovery

Though steel companies had to wait to finalise prices, the wait may have proved advantageous for them. Prices have been on an upswing since the country started unlocking

Import of iron, steel items need mandatory registration under SIMS: Govt

The mandatory registration was earlier imposed on about 300 items. Now about 530 more products have been added

Cut import dependence for special grade steel, boost R&D: Govt to industry

The government on Thursday stressed the need to cut import dependence for special grade steel, exhorting the domestic players to go for research and development activities and take required measures to make India self-reliant in value-added steel production. Union Minister of State for Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste, while speaking at a Ficcci event, said though the country is the second largest producer of crude steel in the world, it is purely dependent on imports for special grade steel. Value added steel or special grade steel is used in segments like power, ship, rail, metro, defence, auto etc. Kulaste asked steel makers to identify those grades of steel which are not manufactured in the country and are widely used and develop them in India. He said the industry players can conduct research and development (R&D) activities, go for transfer of technology or form Joint Venture to set up special grade steel plants in the country. This will help India become 'Aatmanirbhar' in ...

Iron ore prices surge, but export curbs play spoilsport for Indian firms

An unexpected surge in Chinese demand has sent global iron ore prices to a six-and-a-half-year high but export restrictions prevent Indian companies from taking advantage

NMDC board okays demerger of three-mn-tonne Chhattisgarh steel plant

The plant is the only greenfield project slated for commissioning in the near term. Sources said it would have been commissioned by now had it not been for Covid-19

Help govt in providing low-cost homes for migrants: Pradhan to steel firms

Pradhan said the government has set a target of providing 100,000 such houses, but the industry should build many more steel-intensive, low-cost houses, which will be a model for others to emulate