Union Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma informed the Lok Sabha that domestic production of crude steel in the first quarter of the current year stood at 19.61 million tonne. He further said that steel is a deregulated sector, the role of the government is that of a facilitator providing a conducive policy environment
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Severstal not keen on NMDC’s 3 mn t steel project
CS Verma, Chairman of NMDC informed media persons that the Russian company Severstal did not show much interest on the 3 million-tonne-a-year steel plant project and hence the former may implement it as an NMDC-only project. In 2010, both the firms signed initial agreements for the project and it is not known why Severstal is not interested in the project
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Govt may help firms insuring oil import from Iran
Media reports indicate that the union finance ministry plans to cover half of a proposed Rs 40 billion fund for underwriting the import of crude oil from Iran. It may be recalled that the union oil ministry and local insurers decided to contribute Rs 10 billion each to the proposed fund
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Net profit of Gujarat Gas rises 91%
Net profit of Gujarat Gas rose 91.2 percent to Rs 101.13 crore during Apr-Jun 2013 compared to Rs 52.88 crore in the year-ago period. Gujarat Gas is a subsidiary of GSPC Distribution Network (GNDL), which recently acquired 73.70 percent stake in the firm. Consolidated profit after tax (PAT) of the firm during the quarter stood at Rs 100.6 crore as against Rs 59.50 crore in the preceding quarter. It may be recalled that this is the first time the firm is reporting the consolidated profit afte
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Firms look to raise funds from abroad
Media reports indicate that several companies, including Reliance Industries (RIL) are taking efforts to raise debt in dollar. Other firms who want to raise dollar funds include Essar Steel, Adani Enterprises and JSW Steel, reports indic
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Paradip port to conduct another round of bidding for two projects
Sources from Paradip Port Trust (PPT) informed that
the authority would conduct fresh bidding for the Rs 591.35 crore the iron ore berth project and Rs 387.31 crore multi-purpose berth project. The port authority wants to engage a private player for the construction of a 10-mn tpa deep draft iron ore bert
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Countries discuss transportation of goods from Chabahar port
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani held talks with Afghanistan Vice President Hamid Ansari on transportation of goods from Chabahar port in Iran. Two Indian ports expressed interest to upgrade Chabahar port and India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid held discussion with Iran on the matter
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Chinese firm to operate terminal in Sri Lanka
China Merchants Holdings International Co would operate the new container terminal opened in Colombo recently. The terminal gives a new sea route for mega vessels from China. The terminal which is regarded to be as sophisticated as the container terminal at the Singapore port
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GPPL to invest Rs 11 bn on capacity enhancement
In the next two years, APM Terminals-owned Gujarat Pipavav Port (GPPL) plans to invest Rs 1,100 crore to double container capacity and setup tank farms at an investment. GPPL, which runs IndiaĆās first private port at Pipavav, plans to expand its container capacity from the existing 850,000 twenty foot equivalent units of containers (TEUs) to 1.5 million TEU
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IWAI, ministry implement water transport projects
Union shipping ministry and the Indian Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) are implementing certain projects with the specific objective of transportation of cargo by Inland Water Transport (IWT) mode. This information was given by union shipping Minister GK Vasan. One such project is the transportation of 3 million tonne of coal every year for 7 years from Haldia (Sandheads) to NTPCĆās Power Plant at Farakka through Nati