Steel Authority of India (SAIL) imports 75 percent of its requirement of coking coal from foreign countries and the rest through captive mines and domestic sources. This information was given by the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, D Purandeswari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The company has to rely on imports for substantial consumption of coking coal because of the limited availa
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OIL plans to spend large portion on exploration
Reports suggest that Oil India (OIL) plans to spend over 32 percent of the planned capital expenditure (capex) in the 12th Five Year plan period (2012-17) towards exploration which will enhance its current reserve base. According to analysts, the cost of production of the company for oil and gas is amongst the lowest in the world. This is mainly on account of the fact that most of the production for OIL is
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Ore shortage has not affected output in PSU firms
Production of state-run steel companies - Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) - is not affected owing to scarcity of iron ore or coking coal. Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, D Purandeswari informed the Lok Sabha. SAIL has been alloca
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Govt encourages latest technologies in steel sector
The Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma has said that government through its policies has been pursuing adoption of latest technologies for improving efficiency of Indian steel industry. The report of the Working Group on Steel Industry for the 12th Five Year Plan, National Steel Policy and Roadmap for R&D and Technology etc. enlist such meas
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Govt clears exploration in some oil and gas blocks
At a recent meeting of the National Secretary Advisor Shivshankar Menon and Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Pulok Chatterji, it was decided to clear Reliance Industries' (RIL) producing KG-D6 block and gas discovery area NEC-26. The meeting, held on February 27, decided to clear fully the exploration and production at the blocks and also
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JSPL to raise capacity of Angul plant by 4 mn t
Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) plans to raise the capacity of its steel plant at Angul in coastal Odisha by 4 million tonne (mn t) in the second phase and is working to secure funding for the project. The company is considering 60:40 debt debt-equity ratio for the 4 mn t expansion. But it is not known how much would be the capital expenditure on the second phas
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PSU steel firms modernize existing units
Union Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma has said that Public Sector Undertakings like SAIL and RINL have undertaken modernization and expansion projects at their Integrated Steel Plants (at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur, Burnpur and at Salem of SAIL and Vizag Steel Plant of RINL) to enhance its crude steel production capacity. The expansion of Salem Steel Plant of SAIL has already been completed and the other projects are in varioUnion Minister of Steel, Beni Prasad Verma has said that s
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Oil firms term pricing formula of Rangarajan panel as “defective”
Oil and gas exploration companies submitted their views on the recommendations of the C Rangarajan committee on natural gas pricing to union petroleum ministry. The companies argue that linking the price of domestic natural gas to that prevalent in gas-surplus economies is defective
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Coal India’s cost to rise owing to diesel price hike
Minister of State of Coal Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil informed Rajya Sabha that the rise in petrol and diesel prices will impact the cost of coal production in the country. The rise in diesel price would increase the cost of production of Coal India (CIL), which accounts for over 80 per cent of the domestic coal mining, by Rs 600 crore per annu
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SAIL proposes Rs 130 bn investment in 2013-14
In order to raise its production capacity, from the current million tonne per annum (mn tpa), state-run Steel Authority of India (SAIL) proposes to invest Rs 13,000 crore in 2013-14. Of the total amount, Bhilai Steel Plant may get the highest share at Rs 5,900 crore for installation of a 700 ton