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
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Pricing pooling for natural gas more complex than that for coal
Some experts feel that the issue of price pooling for natural gas is more complex than that for coal. This is because, unlike coal, there is no monopoly producer for natural gas and hence fixing a uniform price is even trickier. A six-member committee headed by the head of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, C Rangarajan, was tasked with suggesting a formula for gas
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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
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Private refiners seek sovereign guarantee for oil import
Media reports indicate that the energy insurance pool of Rs 2,000 crore that was formed by the central government for refineries processing Iranian crude oil is not found sufficient by some private refineries. For example, Essar Oil, which has to import oil from Iran for processing it in its Gujarat refinery, is seeking
sovereign guarantee from the Indian government for the impo
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Industry seeks policy boost for aircraft MRO segment
Lack of proper policy for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) is hampering the development of the sector in the country, reports indicate. India is said to be having tremendous growth prospect in the MRO segment and hence industry body ASSOCHAM called for streamlining of taxes to encourage aviat
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Cairn India may upgrade reserve estimate
Some analysts expect Cairn India to upgrade crude oil reserves in its prolific Rajasthan field in the next two-three quarters led by higher exploration and drilling activities. It may be noted that the government allowed the company to conduct additional exploration in place. The com
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ONGC works on integration of overseas arm
The top management of state-run explorer ONGC is preparing a plan to integrate its domestic and foreign oil and gas exploration businesses in order to reap synergy. It may be noted that the domestic exploration business is taken care of by ONGC, while ONGC Videsh (OVL) handles foreign
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Steel firms prefer scrap over local sponge iron
Indian steel companies are said to be preferring to import cheap steel scrap from African and West Asian countries, whose prices are falling, instead of buying domestic sponge iron. In 2012-13, the country's import of steel scrap is estimated to have risen 25 per cent to 7.5 million tonne from the previous year, Metal Recycling Association of India said. Scrap prices declined 8 per cent to $390 a tonn
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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
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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