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JSPL to invest Rs 7,930 crore under PLI scheme for steel: MD Bimlendra Jha

Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) will spend Rs 7,930 crore under the PLI scheme for specialty steel to manufacture eight types of high-end alloy in the country, its Managing Director Bimlendra Jha said. JSPL is one of the qualifiers of the government's production linked incentive (PLI) scheme which aims to increase the output of value-added steel using new age technologies in the domestic steel sector. On December 9, the government announced the selection of 67 entries with an investment potential of Rs 42,500 crore under the scheme. The proposed investments are expected to generate 70,000 job opportunities and add 26 million tonnes of speciality steel capacity in the country. When asked about the share of JSPL in the said investment amount, Jha replied, "Our commitment to the PLI scheme (for specialty steel) will be around Rs 7,930 crore." JSPL through subsidiary company Jindal Steel Odisha has submitted the highest number of entries to manufacture eight types of specialty st

Indian steel mills hopeful as demand rises, China eases Covid curbs

Prices have plummeted some 29% in domestic market after peaking in April

Arjas Steel to invest Rs 610 cr to augment capacity to 0.55 million tonne

Arjas Steel, formerly Gerdau Steel, on Wednesday announced a Rs 610 crore capex to increase its annual production capacity to 5.5 lakh tonne, adding over 37.5 per cent to its existing capacity across its Andhra and Punjab plants. The company operates two plants at Tadipatri in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh and at Mandi Gobindgarh in Punjab. The Andhra plant has a current capacity of 3 lakh tonne while the Punjab facility, which it acquired in November 2020 for about Rs 100 crore produces 1 lakh tonne per year. Of the total capex, around Rs 350 crore will go into the Tadipatri plant expansion and the rest Rs 260 crore will go into the Punjab unit, Sridhar Krishnamoorthy, managing director said in a statement. The company said the capacity additions will be completed in 2025. Arjas supplies steel to energy, automotive, Railways, and defence units as well as exports. In Tadipatri, investments include a new Kocks sizing block from Germany which will help improve quality and

Crucial for India to secure its nickel needs, says Jindal Stainless MD

Firm's MD Abhyuday Jindal says next milestone after completing expansion would be to achieve 100% capacity utilisation, after which it may look at backward integration

India's April-Nov finished steel exports fall 55% YoY on low demand: Report

India's finished steel exports more than halved during the first eight months of the current fiscal year that began in April, according to the latest government data reviewed by Reuters

After toys, govt looks to curb China electric fan, smart meter imports

Since the quality control order 3 years ago, toy import down 70 per cent

AM/NS bulks up for the future, focuses on acquisitions to secure infra

Nearly Rs 90,000 crore worth of capital expenditure has been incurred so far on various asset acquisitions and projects, with a major investment of about Rs 42,000 crore

Roll-back of export duty on steel has no near-term earnings upside: Experts

Analysts perceive the roll-back of export duties on steel as a valuation re-rating event, rather than an earnings upgrade trigger

Steel stocks firm after export duty removal: GPIL, SAIL climb up to 19%

According to analysts at ICICI Securities, the removal of export duty augurs well for domestic steel players over a longer term horizon

ESL Steel capacity expansion by next year: Vedanta's Sunil Duggal

Mining giant says priority is to finish doubling capacity of company it acquired in June 2018

Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel nears deal with Credit Suisse, Greensill

Gupta's sprawling group of metals firms, gathered under a loose umbrella called GFG Alliance, were pushed to the brink when Greensill collapsed in March 2021

AM Mining India completes acquisition of debt-ridden Uttam Galva Steels

AM Mining India Pvt Ltd, part of ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel joint venture, completed the acquisition of Uttam Galva Steels Ltd, a downstream steel manufacturer in Maharashtra

JSW Steel eyes 50 MT capacity by 2030 via greenfield, brownfield options

Jindal's growth plans are in sync with the country's target of doubling crude steel capacity to 300 mt of crude steel capacity in the next 9-10 years

Listed firms managing liquidity challenges well, says India Ratings

Given the tightening liquidity conditions and higher cost of borrowings, corporates with a weak credit profile are likely to tap a loan against shares facility to meet their funding requirements

JSW Steel logs Rs 848 crore loss in Sept quarter as steel prices fall

Led by an increase in volumes, the firm saw net sales increase by 28.9 per cent at Rs 41,122 crore

Tatas mull exit from UK steel business on lack of government support

Tata Sons is considering Tata Steel's exit from its UK operations because of the absence of support from the British government for transition to green energy

Steel demand needs 9% CAGR to meet 160 kg/capita consumption target: Icra

The domestic steel demand needs to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 per cent over the next decade to meet 160 kg per capita steel consumption target envisaged in the National Steel Policy (NSP). Launched in 2017, NSP also aims to ramp up the country's crude steel production to 300 million tonne (MT) by 2030-31. Jayanta Roy, Senior Vice-President & Group Head, Corporate Sector Ratings, Icra said, India's current per capita steel demand of 76 kg is not only significantly below the world average of 233 kg per capita, but also remains the lowest among Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) nations. To take the country's steel consumption close to NSP target of 160 kg per capita in FY2031, the domestic steel demand would need to grow at a CAGR of 9 per cent in the next decade, the expert said in an Icra report on Wednesday. He further noted, "This is almost double the growth rate achieved in the decade gone by. While achieving this milestone will be ...

Govt scraps sale of SAIL's Bhadravathi plant on low bidder interest

The government on Wednesday scrapped the privatisation of SAIL's Bhadravathi steel plant due to insufficient bidder interest. The Expression of Interest (EoI) for selling SAIL's 100 per cent stake in Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISP), Bhadravathi in Karnataka, was invited on July 2019. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) said multiple EoIs had been received and qualified bidders had conducted due diligence. "However, due to insufficient bidder interest in proceeding further with the transaction, Government of India, with the approval of Alternative Mechanism (Empowered Group of Ministers) has decided to annul the EoI and thereby terminating the present transaction," DIPAM said.

Coal crisis hits SAIL's Bhilai steel plant output in Chhattisgarh

A stranded ferry from the Visakhapatnam port is cited to be the reason for plunging it into a deep crisis.

Coking coal price rise likely to delay margin recovery of steelmakers

The domestic market has also seen a sharp correction in steel prices from peak levels