Process Plant and Machinery Association of India (PPMAI) wants government to abolish import duty on on stainless steel and special steels which are used by the manufacturers of Process Plant machineries. Specifically, the industry demands removal of import duties on import of stainless steel hot rolled sheets, coils and cold rolled products. The association seeks removal of duty because of the steep depreciation of rupee against the dollar and also because of the fact that some of the steel prod
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RINL, APMDC to ink pact on steel plant
AP Choudhary, Chairman and Managing Director of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) said the firm would enter into an agreement with the AP Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) to set up an iron ore and steel plant at Bayyaram in Khammam. He informed reporters that the firm almost completed formalities with regard to the agreement. Meanwhile, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) would invest about Rs 1,000 to Rs 1,500 crore to set up beneficiation and pellitization plants of 1.2 million tonne per annu
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India steel output rises 3% in 5 months to May
Data from the World Steel Association (WSA) shows that India's steel output rose 3 percent to 33.5 million tonne during the first five months of this year (Jan-May 2013). This is well above the world average growth rate of 2.1 percent at 658 million tonne. In May 2013, India's steel output expanded at a lower rate of 1.5 percent as against the global growth rate of 2.6 percent. During the month, India produced 6.73 million tonn
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Expert panel suggests renewal of green nod for Posco project
An Expert Appraisal Committee suggested the renewal of the environmental clearance for the proposed steel plant of the South Korean giant Posco at Jagatsinghpur, Odisha. Posco wants to set up a 12-mn tpa steel plant in the area. In the interim, it will be starting off with 4 mn tpa capacity and add another 4 mn t in the second phase. The committee
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SAIL to complete Rs 38 bn project by FY15
By 2014-15, state-run steel maker plans to complete its proposed Rs 3,800 crore environment protection-related projects at its iron ore mines, media reports indicate. The projects, which is part of the over Rs 10,000-crore modernisation and expansion programme, includes improvement in ore processing for zero discharge, minimising generation of tailings, reduction in use of water and land
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RINL to invest Rs 25 bn on iron ore project
State-run steel maker RINL plans to set up an iron ore beneficiation plant and a 2 million tonne pellet plant in Bhilwara, Rajasthan at a cost of Rs 2,500 crore. Through the proposed beneficiation plant, the company would make value addition of the iron ore mined from the block awarded to it by the Rajasthan government recently at Bhilwara. The value added output would be used at RINL's Vizag steel plant
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Odisha CM wants Posco to begin work on project
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has reportedly asked Posco India to begin work on the much-delayed 8 million tonne per annum (mn tpa) steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. However, the Indian arm of the South Korean steel maker faces two key problems for the proposed steel project. They are land and environment clearance
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Steel production capacity rises 36% to 90 mn t
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma informed that capacity of steel production in the country has risen from 66 million tonne (mn t) in 2009 to about 90 mn t in 2012, which is a 36 per cent growth. He said this during a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee attached to his ministry. Steel output in the country expanded 4.3 per cent in 2012, he informed members of the committee
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Steel firms to benefit from rupee depreciation
Steel companies are cheering the weakening of the Indian currency against the dollar as it would make export of steel products more competitive and discourage local consumers from resorting to import. Local steel consumers may find imports costlier because of the depreciation in rupee and this may benefit Indian steel companies
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NMDC gets response from SAIL, RINL for stake sale
CS Verma, the acting Chairman of NMDC, said the expression of interest (EoI) floated by the firm for offering 50 percent stake in its proposed 3 million tone per annum (mn tpa) steel plant received response from only two companies. Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rastriya Inspat Nigam are the only two bidders for NMDC's 50 per cent stake in the upcoming steel plant in Chhattisgarh.
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