Crude steel production rose 47 per cent for JSW Steel
at 9.91 lakh tonne in July from the year-ago month, the firm said in an official statement. This consists of 7.96 lakh tonne of flat product and 1.86 lakh tonne of long product. In July, 2012, the companyÂ’s crude steel output was at 6.76 lakh tonne. The firm produces steel from its three manufacturing locations, Vijayanagar, Salem and Dolvi
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Crude steel output rises 47% for JSW Steel
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Domestic steel output stands at 19.61 mn t in Apr-Jun 2013
Union Minister of Steel Beni Prasad Verma informed the Lok Sabha that domestic production of crude steel in the first quarter of the current year stood at 19.61 million tonne. He further said that steel is a deregulated sector, the role of the government is that of a facilitator providing a conducive policy environment
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Icra expects rise in output and demand for natural gas
By 2015-16, domestic production of natural gas may rise to around 125 MMSCMD from 111 MMSCMD in 2012-13, rating agency ICRA feels. By 2019-20, domestic output could increase further to around 183 MMSCMD, a study conducted by ICRA show
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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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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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Import of natural gas to operate power plants
The decline in the supply of natural gas from Reliance Industries' (RIL) KG D6 basin to gas-based power plants may prompt these units to import costly
R-LNG to operate their facilities. Anticipating sufficient gas availability, power producers set up a substantial amount of gas-based power capacity in recent
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RIL to ramp up gas output from $6.5 bn investment
By 2019-20, Reliance Industries (RIL) aims to ramp up natural gas production from its KG-D6 fields to 60 mmscmd and to achieve this the firm plans to invest $6.5 billion. Owing to water and sand ingress in some of the wells, gas output from the fields declined to around 14 mmscmd recently from a peak of 69.43 mmscmd in March 2010
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Additional gas to be made available by ONGC, GSPC
ONGC and GSPC would be able to produce about 4-5 mmscmd of additional natural from their fields in 2013-14. A similar additional volume may be available in the next fiscal and a further 2 mmscmd from GSPC in 2015-16. This additional output will have to make up for fall in KG-D6 this fiscal and the next as also meet 3.8 mmscmd need of 5 newly converted fertiliser plants for whom allocation had previously been approved by the cabinet and
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Steel production rises marginally by 0.9% in June
In June 2013, steel output in India rose a mere 0.9 percent to 6.45 million tonne (mn t) from 6.39 mn t in the year-ago month. It is learnt that during the month, India's rate of growth in steel production declined below the world average. Data from World Steel Association (WSA) shows global steel output touched 132 million tonne in June 2013, a 1.9
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Minister asks firms to invest in oil and gas sector
The Petroleum Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily has emphasised the need for greater investment in the oil and gas sector. He said this while addressing an Assocham Seminar on Indian Economy in the context of global energy scenario. The minister said the government was committed to deal with the energy security issues. It is in this context that the gas pricing formula was recently revised based on th