Cos to use Kobe’s patented technology; plant to come up on SAIL’s alloy steels plant in Durgapur.

The agreement was signed with the Japanese firm in Tokyo

India's largest steel maker SAIL today inked the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel to set up a 500,000-tonne plant in West Bengal to produce a key steel making raw material. The facility entailing an investment of Rs 1,500 crore would use Kobe's specialised technology ITmK3 (iron making technology mark three) to produce nuggets to be shared equally by the partners for captive use, an official release said.

The union home ministry has decided to provide adequate security cover to Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) for development of its greenfield ironore mines in Chhattisgarh.

NEW DELHI, 6 JULY: State-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will ink the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel next week to set up a 0.5-million-ton (MT) capacity specialised steel plant at D

New Delhi: Government policies on subsidy are preventing Indian energy-intensive companies from improving their carbon image globally even though comparable firms in the developed world on an avera

State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd’s (SAIL) plans to set up a steel-cum-fertiliser complex at Sindri in Jharkhand has run into rough weather as the project is facing huge hurdles impeding its

Energy and metal cos with mining interests setting up environment team for sustainable mining

With mega steel investors in Odisha facing a litany of hurdles beginning from land acquisition to grant of mineral concession, the Union steel ministry has sought information on action taken by the state government to ease their problems.

The ministry will take stock of the concerns of steel investors ahead of the meeting of the inter-ministerial group to be held under the chairmanship of Union steel secretary on July 9 in New Delhi.

Durgapur Steel Plant, a SAIL unit, has bagged Greentech Safety Award 2012 in ‘Gold’ category within metals and mining sector, a DSP communiqué said.

New Delhi In a setback to government-owned NMDC’s efforts to acquire assets abroad, Australian firm Minemakers has dropped the iron ore miner as its potential joint venture (JV) partner for developing the Wonarah rock phosphate reserves in Australia.

Blaming “NMDC’s inability to make a timely decision” in forging a partnership, Minemakers said that “it can no longer prolong discussions with NMDC” which have remained inconclusive so far.