Jan 2019
India Replaces Japan As 2nd Largest Steel Producer: Worldsteel
Jan 30, 2019
India has replaced Japan as the world’s second-largest steel producing country, while China is the largest producer of crude steel accounting for more than 51% of production, according to World...
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GST Hits Aluminium Recycling Units
Jan 29, 2019
It is reported that aluminium recycling industry which has been flourishing for 6 decades in this historical city is losing its shine leaving thousands of people jobless. Industry owners are...
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Odisha To Offer Land For NALCO Downstream Project
Jan 28, 2019
It is reported that Odisha government is on course to offering 188 acres of land to National Aluminium Company (NALCO), at Kamkhyanagar in Dhenkanal district of the State for its...
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India Is Expected To Become The 2nd Largest Oil Demand Growth Centre - WoodMac
Jan 25, 2019
It is reported that Wood Mackenzie a research and consultancy group said that India is expected to become the second-largest oil demand growth centre globally in 2019, behind the US...
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NMDC Restarts Production From Its Sponge Iron Unit In Telangana
Jan 24, 2019
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) Limited has re-commenced operations of its Sponge Iron Unit (SIU), Paloncha, with lighting up of a plant after a long gap of shutting down due...
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Indian Steel Producers Push For Higher Import Duties
Jan 23, 2019
Indian steel producers are persuading for higher duties to be imposed on imports after the country became a net steel importer in April-December 2018.
Steel producers at the India Steel 2019...
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India’s Ministry Of Mines Turned Down To Lift Export Duty On Ore With Higher Fe Content
Jan 22, 2019
It is reported that India’s Ministry of Mines has turned down the Iron Ore industry's demand that ore with up to 62% iron content to be excluded from export duty....
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ArcelorMittal To Build Its First-ever Desalination Unit In Brazil
Jan 21, 2019
ArcelorMittal South Africa (SA) the world’s largest steelmaker, is set to build its first ever desalination plant in Brazil to handle unforeseen water needs at its plant in the eastern...
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‘Tata Steel Ready To Invest In 400 Acres Steel Park In Odisha’
Jan 19, 2019
Tata Steel is set up to invest on 400 acres in a downstream park next to its Kalinganagar steel plant in Jajpur district of Odisha. State Government Officials, said, Tata...
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JSW Steel Once Again Becomes Largest Buyer Of Iron Ore
Jan 18, 2019
It is reported, JSW Steel has again become the largest buyer of iron ore in Karnataka that after a gap of three months. They had curtailed its offtake from the...
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Automakers In India Could Face Production Stoppages Due To Restrictions On Steel Imports
Jan 16, 2019
Automobile industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said if there is no resolution over restrictions imposed on domestic manufacturers using imported steel vehicle manufacturers are staring at production...
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Taiyuan Iron And Steel Develops World’s Thinnest 0.02mm Steel Sheet
Jan 15, 2019
Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co Ltd in Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province has developed an extremely thin type of stainless steel. Mr. Zhang said this is interesting...
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GAIL To Construct Natural Gas & CNG Pipelines
Jan 14, 2019
It is recently reported that the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company Gas Authority of India (GAIL) Limited, is all set to make a fresh investment of INR...
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Petroleum Mining License From West Bengal Govt Delayed – ONGC
Jan 11, 2019
It is reported that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has alleged that it was not getting the No Objection Certificate for Petroleum Mining License (PML) from the West Bengal...
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Vedanta To Reopen Copper Smelter Thoothukudi
Jan 10, 2019
It is reported that the Supreme Court of India cleared the way to reopen Vedanta’s south Indian copper smelter by refusing to stay an order from the country’s environmental court....
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Nucor To Build New 1.2 Million Ton Steel Plate Mill In US Midwest
Jan 9, 2019
Nucor Corporation announced plans to make an investment of USD 1.35 billion to build a state-of-the-art plate mill in the US Midwest, will be capable of producing 1.2 million tons...
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ONGC To Drill 200 Wells Across Assam Oil And Gas Fields
Jan 8, 2019
India’s largest producer of oil and gas, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, is looking at drilling 200 wells across various fields in Sivasagar district of Assam at a cost of...
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Iran May Still Invest In Chennai Petroleum Corp Expansion – IOC
Jan 7, 2019
India's biggest refiner Indian Oil Corp Ltd said that Iran may still invest in a refinery expansion project at one of its subsidiaries. Mr. Sanjiv Singh Indian Oil's chairman said...
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India’s Total Imports Of Aluminium From U.S. Rose By 158% In 2018
Jan 5, 2019
As per the numbers released earlier this week by the United States Geological Survey Last year was a banner year for Indian imported aluminium to the United States, which reflects...
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India's Diesel Demand To Double By 2029-30
Jan 4, 2019
It is reported that Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan Oil Minister said that India's diesel demand is likely to become twice to 163 million tonnes by 2029-30 as consumption rises in the...
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Metro Mining Ships Over 2 Million Tonnes Bauxite In 2018
Jan 3, 2019
Metro Mining Ltd shipped 2.037 million wet metric tonnes from its Bauxite Hills mine in north Queensland and has achieved its production guidance for 2018. As planned, the final vessel...
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RINL Records Growth In Sales At Rs 14,687 Crore In April-December
Jan 2, 2019
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), which operates the Vizag Steel Plant, recorded a 29% growth in sales at Rs 14,687 crore in April-December 2018, compared to sales of Rs 11,395...
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World's First 3D Printed Steel Bridge To Be Installed In Amsterdam In 2019
Jan 1, 2019
It is reported that a Dutch robotics firm named MX3D; printed a 3D functional stainless steel bridge for pedestrians in Amsterdam’s red light district. It took four robots, 9920 pounds...
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