The control over price and distribution of cement has been removed since 1989. The industry was de-licensed in 1991 under the policy of economic liberalisation. Cement has also been removed from the list of essential commodities. Thus, presently the prices of cement are governed by the market forces of demand and supply.
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NMDC holds ore prices amidst slack demand
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) decided not to raise the price of iron ore lumps and fines for September considering slackness in demand. Thus, the firm would continue to sell at the current price of Rs 4,200 a tonne of iron ore lump and Rs 2,510 per tonne of fines
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India, Japan to conduct study on LNG pricing
In order to bring about rationalization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices in Asia Pacific, India and Japan would carry out a joint study on the matter. The study would focus right pricing of the fuel to secure long-term contracts at competitive rates. The proposal to conduct the study was mooted on the b
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Price of sponge iron set to rise further
Rising demand for sponge iron may put upward pressure on the price of the steel-making raw material, reports indicate. Demand for sponge iron has increased after steel companies started using this in a greater quantity in place of steel scrap
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Exporters take advantage of rise in price, rupee weakness
Mining firms are exporting iron ore in a big way on the back of increase in the price of the commodity in the global market and depreciation of rupee. Many miners are exporting iron ore fines and pellets to China as the price of the commodity rose considerably in recent days. Sources indicate that the prices of pellets rose from Rs 6,200 per tonne a month ago to Rs 6,700 per t
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Under-recovery of oil firms on the rise
Under-recovery on sale of one litre of diesel rose to Rs 14 over the last couple from around Rs 7 earlier because of global rise in crude oil price and depreciation of rupee. The rising under-recovery would adversely affect state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) like IndianOil, Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Hindustan Petroleum Corp
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Power plants may get gas from new fields of ONGC, GSPC
By 2016, natural gas-based power plants may get about 6-10 million standard cubic feet per day (mscmd) of gas from the new fields of ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corp) and GSPC (Gujarat State Petroleum Corp). Supply of gas from these new fields may compensate partially the shortage of gas owing to reduction in output from Reliance Industries (RIL)Â’s KG-D6
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Iraq denies crude oil at special price to India
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani said the country could not sell crude oil at a concessional price to India as its laws do not allow such a move. Iraq is the second-largest supplier of oil to India, which imports about 20 million tonne of crude oil from the gulf nation annually
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Price of crude oil rises due to rupee weakness
The steep decline in the value of Indian currency raised the price (in rupee terms) of crude oil imported by India. Further, global factors like higher demand, low OPEC spare capacity and improved economic outlook for 2013 raised the price of crude oil in dollar terms. For example, the Brent crude oil futures rose to a two-year high of $110.51 a barrel recently. Brent for sweet grad
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Finished steel consumption inches up 0.2%
During Apr-Jul 2013, consumption of finished steel in India rose just 0.2 per cent to 24.1 million tonne (mn t) on year-on-year basis. During the same period, steel output grew 3.1 per cent to 26.1 mn t, from 25.3 mn t during the year-ago period. The muted growth in steel consumption is attributed to poor off-take by large sectors like construction and auto