Anil Chaudhary said SAIL is committed to meeting the steel ministry's target of increasing production to 300 million tonnes by 2030-31
The head of the steelmaker also expressed confidence that SAIL can outperform challenges with its talented manpower
Union Minister of State for Steel Vishnudeo Sai had said Tuesday that a four-member high-level committee was constituted by SAIL to probe the incident
Anil Kumar Chaudhary Saturday took charge as chairman of state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), an official statement said. Prior to this, he was director (finance) of SAIL since 2011. SAIL is the largest steel-making company in India and one of the seven Maharatnas of the country's Central Public Sector Enterprises. "A graduate from the University of Delhi, Chaudhary joined SAIL in 1984 as junior manager (F&A). "Working his way, he rose to the rank of executive director (finance & accounts) at Bokaro Steel Plant in 2010. In 2011, he became the director (finance) of the company," said an official statement. An associate member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Chaudhary is an alumni of the Faculty of Law Studies (FLS), from where he completed his bachelor's degree in law.
The post of SAIL chairman fell vacant on June 30 with the retirement of P K Singh
SAIL's refusal could make it harder for the government to meet its budgeted target of raising Rs 1.06 trillion from the dividends
Most of SAIL's plants are no longer posting losses at the operating level as was the case a year ago
SAIL has formed joint venture companies in different areas, namely power generation, rail wagon manufacturing, slag cement production, securing coking coal supplies from overseas sources, among others
While steel demand and outlook bodes well, improving product mix should help sustain the gains in margins
During the first three months of the current fiscal, its saleable steel production was 3.61 million tonnes (mt) which rose 13 per cent over same period last year
Its employee total was 76,800 as on April 1, from 118,000 in the year 2010 - 16 per cent of total cost, from the earlier 21 per cent
ArcelorMittal wants a long-term binding agreement, at the end of which the two companies could take a call on whether to continue with the venture
SAIL ascribed the healthy growth in production and despatch numbers to a string of systemic changes
SAIL that lost its pole position in the domestic steel capacity to JSW Steel and Tata Steel has worked over the past few years to bring in operational and production efficiency
Operating profit at Rs 26.24 billion in Q4 was the highest in 27 quarters
Rising infrastructure and housing demand will drive demand for these products
The S&P BSE PSU Index was down 1.7% at 7,855 as compared to 0.14% decline in the S&P BSE Sensex at 10:31 am.
SAIL is in the final leg of completing the modernisation and expansion
The company's higher realisation and cost initiatives have pushed up profitability
The statement comes in the wake of railways inviting a global tender to plug the shortfall in supply of rails from Steel Authority of India Ltd