Belying market estimates of a likely fall in global exports, Steel Authority of India exported over 100,000 ton of steel valued at Rs 150 crore (Rs 1.50 billion) in April 2003.
Ispat Industries Limited is planning to market its newly developed 1.2 mm and 1.6 mm hot rolled coil to the carmakers of the US after completing second phase of their HR capacity expansion programme by April-May this year.
Ispat Industries Ltd said it set up a 1.2 million tonne per annum single module DRI plant at Dolvi near Mumbai.\n\n\n\n
Tata Steel has a very British problem. The performance of Europe dragged the steel major's October-December (Q3FY23) performance with the UK business accounting for a major part of the operating loss; on the bottom line, the overhang of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) showed. And a nearly three-year discussion with the UK government on a support package for a green transition resulted in an offer that fell short of the ask.
The non-food component in the price basket will continue to keep inflation at a high level and result in a "long pause" in interest rates, a foreign bank said on Wednesday. The central bank is likely to pare the pandemic-driven emergency response as well, the report by Singaporean lender DBS said. It can be noted that the high inflation driven by the food prices has forced the RBI to go for a status quo in rates for the three consecutive reviews of the bi-monthly policy meetings, even as growth continues to be in the negative territory.
A primary producer said that the prices would be raised in tranches this month and the total increase could be Rs 6,000 a tonne.
The escalating trade war between China and the US could be an opportunity for India.
Russia's war on Ukraine has sent steel prices soaring to its highest levels in the domestic market since November 2021. But there is little cheer in the industry. That's because input costs are spiralling out of control, leaving the big boys nearly as high and dry as the small, medium and secondary steel producers. Russia and Ukraine are major providers of steel and raw materials to the world.
The country's largest stainless steel maker Jindal Steel (Hisar) on Wednesday marked its foray into the defence sector by forging a pact with DRDO for transfer of technology relating to high-nitrogen steel for armour applications.
Sanjeev Gupta, chief of Liberty House, is being dubbed UK's new 'man of steel' after he emerged as a potential saviour of 4,000 jobs
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
The country imported 9.31 million tonnes (mt) of steel in FY15.
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