Sushim Banerjee, Director General of Institute for Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG) cautioned that the Indian steel industry may face severe iron ore shortage in the coming years. Expressing his views in a leading media, he said the bigger issue facing the industry is iron ore shortage. This is going to hit the industry hard. He argued that Indian steel firms did not pay adequate atte
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Rs 622 cr SPM project gets CCI nod
According to a government statement, the proposed Single Point Mooring (SPM) and allied facilities for import of crude oil at the Kandla port received clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI). The Rs 621.53 crore project would increase its capacity by 12 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) to 104 mn tpa and it would be set up off Veera (outside Kandla creek) in Gulf of Kutch at
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Ministry allows Adani, Essar to bid for terminal project
Weekly Insight learns from top government sources that Adani Ports and Essar Ports received approval from the union home ministry to participate in the 4,000-crore mega container terminal project in Chennai Port.Chennai Port plans to set up a mega container terminal, with a capacity of 4 million TEU (Twenty foot-equivalent units). The proposed terminal has been envisaged as the large
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Nalco to seek temporary permit for bauxite mining
Ansuman Das, Chairman and Managing Director of National Aluminium Co (NALCO) said the firm would
apply for a temporary permit to resume bauxite mining
at Panchpatmali mine in the Koraput district of Odisha. The mining lease expired recently and following this the firm suspended operations at the mine in eastern India, which is its only bauxite mine
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Finance dept kept in the dark while clearing projects
Jharkhand state cabinet is accused of approving two mega projects in road and power transmission sectors without engaging the finance department of the state government. The cabinet is said to have cleared a proposal from the road department for construction of the Rs 3,000 crore Ranchi-Bokaro Expressway. Also, it is said to have appr
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Cabinet clears $1 tn infra investment plan
Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Kamal Nath informed that the cabinet has approved an expenditure of $1 trillion in the next five year