Iron And Steel Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …

Iron ore steadies at 5-1/2 month high

Iron ore inventories at China's main ports hit a two-year low last Friday, falling 2.06 mn tonnes to 73.81 mn tonnes Iron ore steadied in thin pre-holiday trade after a three-week rally with markets cautious over weak steel demand in China, the world’s top steel and iron ore consumer. The …

WB govt's land policy affected industrial climate in 2012

CM Mamata Banerjee's emphasis on rigid land policy has pleased farming community, not industry After a historical victory on the plank of Maa-Maati-Manush (mother-land-people), the Trinamool Congress government grappled with major economic issues during the year, which experts say, would warrant dramatic reversal of policies on issues such as land …

Govt spent Rs 69 lakh from state exchequer to fight mining cases

The state government paid over Rs 69.36 lakh from the state exchequer to lawyers in the last four years to fight cases of steel and mines department pending in courts. Minister of state for steel and mines Rajanikanta Singh disclosed this while replying to a question during the just concluded …

NMDC plant to get water from Indrawati and Sabri rivers

Munat informed the House that the plant would be requiring 6000 cubic meter of water per day during the construction stage and 147120 cubic meter per day for operating the plant. The minister said pipe lines would be laid from Indrawati and Sabri rivers to the plant site for ensuring …

NMDC suffered Rs 746-cr revenue loss during 2007-10: CAG

Loss due to non-revision of domestic prices by the company in line with movement of market price Iron ore miner NMDC has suffered Rs 745.94 crore revenue loss during 2007-10 for not revising the domestic prices of the steel-making raw material in line with prevailing market rates, government auditor CAG …

Italy lower house approves plan to save ILVA

Italy's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant going during a two-year clean-up to resolve environmental concerns. The Chamber of Deputies approved the decree by 421 to 21 votes. It will now move to the Senate for final approval. The future of …

Videocon pulls plug on Rs 20k-cr power, steel project in Bengal

This adds to the list of projects that left the state, whose industrial image has suffered It is curtains for yet another large-scale project in West Bengal. The Videocon group on Tuesday said it was unlikely to go ahead with its Rs 20,000-crore steel and power plant project at Jamuria. …

Open all ‘A’ category mines soon, Steel industry urges government

The Karnataka Iron and Steel Manufacturers’ Association (KISMA) on Tuesday urged the State government to expedite the resumption of operations at all ‘A’ category mines, so that the steel industry gets adequate supply of iron ore. Addressing reporters, KISMA president Vinod Nowal, who is also the CEO of JSW Steel, …

EU considers more free CO2 permits for steelmakers: sources

The European Commission is considering whether to hand out more free pollution allowances for the steel sector next year to counter the risk the industry could be driven out of Europe, EU sources said. The cost of carbon on the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) has collapsed to record low levels …

JSW Steel, Japan's JFE Steel Corp sign pact for technical collaboration

Under the agreement, JFE will provide technology for the production of non-oriented electrical steel sheets at JSW's Bellary plant JSW Steel Ltd and Japan’s JFE Steel Corporation on Monday announced signing of a joint agreement for technical collaboration. Under the agreement, JFE will provide technology for the production of non-oriented …

Expedite forest diversion cases of PSUs, Centre tells Odisha

The Centre today asked the Odisha government to sort out the forest diversion issues expeditiously in the mining areas. Discussing the issue with chief secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik at the State Secretariat here today, Union joint secretary of steel S Abbasi asked them to speed up the process for forest …

Stalled projects a tall order for CCI

The newly-formed Cabinet Commitment on Investment (CCI), floated by the government to fast-track big-ticket projects, has its task cut out. Among the 198 mega central sector projects costing over R1,000 crore under implementation, nearly half, or 81, are running behind schedule. These include seven projects being executed by the railways …

No policy for chrome ore sale, Odisha tells CCI

Amid allegations of monopolisation of chrome ore trade leveled by the All Odisha Steel Federation against state controlled miner- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the Odisha government has informed the Competition Commission of India ( CCI) that there is no policy for fixation of sale price of the ore. AOSF, an …

Odisha mining order to hit sponge iron output, says trade body

The recent clamp-down on miners by the Odisha government, the largest producer of iron ore in the country, is likely to affect India’s sponge iron production by around 15 per cent in the current financial year, according to the Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association (Sima). “Since Odisha is the largest producer …

RINL mulls cement plant to dispose byproducts

Hyderabad: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, the corporate entity of Vizag Steel, is mulling setting up of a cement plant as part of its plans to dispose byproducts such as slag and fly ash, a senior company official said. RINL may also enter into a long-term contract to supply these byproducts …

Chhattisgarh steel makers want Odisha model in state

Reeling under serious raw material crises, steel makers in Chhattisgarh want Odisha model in the state for their survival. The Odisha government in its recent order had directed that atleast 50 per cent of the iron ore lumps and 50 per cent of the iron ore fines won from the …

Green tribunal holds back re-opening of Odisha steel plant

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment and being a hazard to aircraft are examined by the authorities. A bench of NGT acting …

Odisha plant not to reopen till pollution charges examined:NGT

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment and being a hazard to aircraft are examined by the authorities. A bench of NGT acting …

Question asked in Rajya Sabha on Safety audit of all the public sector steel plants after fire accident dated 06/12/2012

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL RAJYA SABHA QUESTION NO 1506 ANSWERED ON 06.12.2012 Fire accident at RINL 1506 DR. T.N. SEEMA Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to satate :- (a) whether Government has ordered safety audit of all the public sector steel plants after fire accident at …

In Orissa, Anna speaks against Posco project

Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Friday strongly opposed South Korean steel major Posco’s proposed `52,000-crore integrated steel project at Paradip in Orissa on the ground that it was a “foreign” company. He said that apart from Posco — all other foreign investment projects in the state and country needed be …

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