Gold is back in the news in India, the second-largest consumer market in the world. Gold prices have been moving upward, buoyed by several conditions, since January. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook On Feb. 6, for example, retail gold prices touched approximately U.S. $461 (Rs 33,000) per […]
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India Moves Past Japan into No. 2 Spot of Global Steel Producers
It was an expected development — so when it was announced, it did not come as much of a surprise to many in the steel sector in India (or even globally). Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook An updated World Steel Association analysis of crude steel outputs by […]
India’s Coal Sector is in Need of a Boost
India’s coal sector clearly needs some urgent initiatives from the government in order to give it a boost. Some analysts say it’s time the government opened up commercial coal mining to the private sector. This would have a dual effect — it would attract global coal mining companies and also bring new technology and best […]
Indian Government Forecasts Up to $10B in Auto Sector Investment by 2023
In a late December report, the Indian government said it forecast the Indian automotive sector to attract between U.S. $8 billion and $10 billion in local and foreign investment by 2023. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook The Year End Review 2018 by the Ministry of Heavy Industries […]
Trump, Modi Kick Off New Year Talking Trade
The new year for India started on a positive note where trade with the United States is concerned. On Jan. 7, U.S. President Donald Trump called up his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss, among other things, reducing the trade shortfall — a move that seems to have gone down well in Indian […]
Vedanta Shares Rise After Indian Court Order to Restart Shuttered Copper Smelter
In a ruling that caught many by surprise, an environment court in India set aside a provincial government order to shut down Vedanta’s copper smelter plant permanently. Need buying strategies for steel? Request your two-month free trial of MetalMiner’s Outlook This is the same plant over which the local population in the southern Indian state […]
Japan Taking Advantage of Woeful Domestic Aluminum Industry in India, Opening Alloy Plant
India is all set to get a new aluminum alloy unit, claimed to be the biggest so far. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed recently between the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB), a body of the Andhra Pradesh Government in southern India, and Japan’s Daiki Aluminium Industry, under which Daiki will invest up […]
Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance Continues on Buying Trail
Indian-born British businessman Sanjeev Gupta’s global conglomerate GFG Alliance has signed a binding agreement to purchase all of the outstanding stock in Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. (KCI) from Contran Corporation. Under terms of the deal, Liberty Steel USA, a company under the GFG umbrella, will acquire KCI, including all its subsidiaries, for U.S. $320 million in […]
Hyundai Explores Possibility of Steel Plant in India
It may be in an extremely preliminary stage, but South Korean steelmaker Hyundai seems keen on setting up a steel plant in India. A team from the Hyundai group visited Visakhapatnam in South India, where the steel plant of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) is located, and spoke of looking at the possibility of setting […]
Indian Steel Sector Looks on Nervously at RCEP Trade Talks
A move to hammer out a new trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other associated free trade agreement (FTA) countries has left India’s steel, manufacturing and other industries somewhat jittery. The country’s steel sector has been working overtime trying to make the Narendra Modi-led government understand its concerns, pointing to […]
