State Bank of India and Axis Bank are learnt to have refinanced Rs 4,700 crore debt of Hindalco for the Utkal alumina project. The flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group managed to refinance the debt at an interest rate of 10.15 percent payable over an eight-year
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JSW Steel chief expects better capacity utilisation
Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel is hopeful that the firm may improve its productivity and capacity utilisation as iron ore mining operation resumes gradually in Karnataka. Jindal said this at the company's Annual General Meeting. The company expects that with the sale of sub-grade ore, the iron ore quality may improve in the coming months and this would enable the firm ramp up capacity utilis
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India under US scanner for dumping steel pipes
India is under the scanner of the US Department of Commerce for alleged dumping of cheap steel pipes in the country thereby affecting the business of local manufacturers. The Commerce Department launched a probe against South Korea, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Ukraine on alle
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SAIL chief moots special funding institution for steel sector
There is an urgent need to set up dedicated financing institutions for the steel sector in order to attain the target of 300 mn t steel annually by 2020-25, CS Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of SAIL said. It may be recalled that India set a target to achieve annual steel production of 300 million tonne (mn t) by 2020
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Steel sector holds bright prospect: SAIL chief
Speaking to a leading newspaper, CS Verma, Chairman of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) said the Indian steel sector holds bright prospect going forward. He hinted that demand for steel may increase in the country as the government has given thrust to investment in key infrastructure sector during the 12th five
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Crude oil price declines
The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published on July 31 by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas went down marginally to $105.61/per barrel (bbl) on July 30. This was lower than the price of $ 105.90/bbl prevailing on the previous trading day of July 29.
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MRPL to resume Iran oil imports from Aug: Report
After stopping for four months, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals (MRPL) plans to resume Iranian oil imports from August, because it has found no suitable alternatives, sources said. Resumption of shipments by MRPL, Iran's top Indian client until it stopped purchases in April, will help to revive the country's Iranian oil imports. India's intake of Iranian crude fell by 40 per cent in the April-June quarter, as refiner Essar Oil became Iran's lone Indian client.
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VPT to call fresh bids for Rs 6 bn project
Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) decided to call fresh bidding for the Rs 633 crore project to expand the capacity of a container terminal to 850 meter from the present 450 meter. The port authority decided to call fresh bids as it failed to arrive at a consensus with the only bidder, Visakhapatnam Container Terminal Private Limited (VCTPL), in the earlier round of bidding. Both the port auth
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Dighi Port handles second cape size vessel
In a press release, Dighi Port said it successfully handled a cape size vessel in May this year and has now handled another Capesize vessel carrying coal for one of the largest coal importers in the country. In the first year of being operational in the monsoons, the port achieved another significant milestone by successfully handling the largest Capesize vess
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Experts urge govt to revamp tariff regime for major ports
Experts and industry watchers feel that the government must revamp the tariff structure governing major ports in the country and make them market-driven rather than being regulated by Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP). Industry players and experts suggest the government to reform the tariff regime in the port sect