A Parliamentary Standing committee strongly felt that the huge demurrage cost of about Rs 665 crore incurred by state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) between 2009 and 2012 was avoidable and not due to uncontrollable factors. Owing to their failure to have requisite infrastructure, the three OMCs – IOC, HPC and BPCL – paid Rs 665 crore in this period to domestic ports, the com
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Karaikal Port, which is a new-generation green field port in Tamil Nadu, handles sensitive cargo of the state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Tiruchi. The port first handled BHELÂ’s shipment of boiler components for two 135-mw Circulating Fluidised Bed Combustion boilers to New Caledonia, a French colony near Australia, in January 2010. BHEL despatched 14,000 tonn
NMPT to construct 2 storage facilities
At a cost of Rs 9 crore, the New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) has taken up the construction of two additional storage sheds in the port premises. According to a media statement issued by the port, these sheds could store up to 22,000 tonne of bulk cargoes such as maize, wheat and fertiliser and they would be set up in a built-up area of 7,000 sq metre. The sheds will be read
NMPT may post Rs 138 cr net surplus
The New Mangalore Port, which recorded a 12.43 percent growth in cargo volume in 2012-13 at 37.04 million tonne (mn t), may announce about Rs 138 crore of net surplus during the year, reports indicate. If the port is able to post the above net surplus, then it would be the 8th consecutive year that the figure exceeds Rs 100 crore, reports suggest
State-run OMCs witness decline in under-recovery
State-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) witnessed a sharp fall in the under-recovery on sale of diesel in the first fortnight of May to Rs 3.80 per litre from Rs 6.42 per litre during the second fortnight of April. Similarly, these companies witnessed decline in under-recoveries on account of kerosene for public distribution system (PDS) for the month of May 2013 to Rs 27.93 per litre
EXIM policy guides export of iron ore and chrome ore
Export of minerals, including iron ore and chrome ore is guided by the Export-Import Policy. To conserve limited natural resources and to meet the domestic demand, duty on export of iron ore has been increased from 20 to 30 percent on ad valorem basis on all grades of iron ore (except pellets) with effect from December 30, 2011 and the export duty of chrome ore incre
EXIM policy guides export of iron ore and chrome ore
Export of minerals, including iron ore and chrome ore is guided by the Export-Import Policy. To conserve limited natural resources and to meet the domestic demand, duty on export of iron ore has been increased from 20 to 30 percent on ad valorem basis on all grades of iron ore (except pellets) with effect from December 30, 2011 and the export duty of chrome ore incre
Ore export in FY14 may have declined 69%
India's export of iron ore in 2012-13 is estimated to have declined 69 per cent to 18 million tonne (mn t) from 61.8 mn t in the previous year. Data from the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) shows the country exported 16.3 mn t of the steel-making raw material between April 2012 and J
Iron ore price expected to be weak
Some industry watchers expect the price of iron ore in the global market to remain weak in the coming months after rising during Jan-Mar 2013. Iron ore price is expected to be weak because of a combination of anticipated lower steel output and continuous supply growth from the major iron ore miners
Tribunal quashes directive of GCZMA
Terming violation of the principle of natural justice,
the National Green Tribunal has set aside the order of
Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) on the jetties project of Sesa Goa in the northern district of Goa. It may be noted that in March 2011, GCZMA directed the company to stop all activity over the alleged illegal part of the jetties and to remove the unau

