CS Gundewar, Controller General of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) pointed out that India is the fourth largest producer of steel in the world. At present the country is producing 65 million tonne steel, but as per the National Steel Policy of this figure should reach 180 million tonnes by 2020, he said. He said there is an urgent need to increase steel production which would require exploration of unmined iron
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CCEA to consider Rs 845 cr Vizag Port project
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) would decide on clearing the Rs 845 crore capacity enhancement project in Vishakhapatnam Port. The project involves upgradation of the existing facility and creation of an iron ore handling terminal. The terminal for handling iron ore would be set up on DBFOT (Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer) basis in
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NMDC produced 27 mn t iron ore in FY13
NMDC produced 27.3 million tonne (mn t) and supplied 26.91 mn t of iron ore to domestic industries during the year 2011-12, which is around 16 percent of the countryÂ’s total production of iron ore of 167.28 million tonne (provisional). Government of India said this in a press release. This is around 23 percent of the total estimated consumption of about 116.3 mn t of iron ore by the dom
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RINL seeks ore mine for proposed steel project
Jharkhand government received a request from the state-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) for allocating the over 2,600 acre Ghatkuri iron ore mine, located at the West Singhbhum district. The company wants the mine, which is estimated to have 600 million tonne reserves, for its proposed 3 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) steel plant
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Ore output in Odisha may rise in FY14
A news agency reported that Odisha may produce around 65 million tonne (mn t) of iron ore in 2013-14, which is about 5 percent more than the 62 mn t produced in the previous financial year. It may be noted that Odisha is the biggest producer of iron ore in the country. The state government expect higher ore production after it allowed miners in the two high
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SAIL’s expansion project faces delay
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel expressed concern about the lack of progress in the production performance of the Steel Authority of India (SAIL). During each of the last four years, the firm's production remained stagnant around 14.5 mn t of hot metal, 13.6 mn t of crude steel, 12.8 mn t of saleable stee
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NMDC decides ore price based on local mkt condition
According to the pricing policy being followed by NMDC, the prices of various products of the mines of NMDC are kept in sync with the prevailing domestic iron ore prices in other sectors. NMDC is fixing its domestic prices keeping in view prevailing iron ore prices in other sectors and demand supply scenario for its iron ore. Union Minister of Steel, Beni
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Subdued demand may hit margins of steel firms
Owing to subdued demand for steel, earnings of companies in the sector may remain under pressure despite decline in the cost of coking coal and iron ore, the two key raw materials. Some analysts feel that earnings of steel firms may not improve in the next quarter and may recover only from the second half of 2012-13 as demand revives once cons
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SAIL undertakes expansion project
The Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma informed that the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has undertaken modernisation and expansion plan at its five integrated steel plants Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) at Bhilai, Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) at Bokaro, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) at Rourkela, Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur and IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur and Spe
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Govt allows 10 per cent hike in output from Joda, Koira circles
Considering the increasing demand for iron ore, the Odisha government allowed about 10 per cent hike in the production of ore from Joda and Koira circles to 57 million tonne (mn t) in 2012-13 from the previous year. While ore output from Joda circle is set at 44 mn t, that at the Koira sector is pegged at 13 mn t. Both Joda and Koira are the two most prolific iron ore producing circles in Odisha, contributing to over 80 per cent of the total