Steel makers supply 1.43 lakh MT medical oxygen since September 20: Official dataPrivate steel companies supplying oxygen are Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AMNS India), JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and Power L...
25 Apr, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Budget Session: BJP, Congress MPs give Zero Hour noticesWhile giving the Zero Hour Notice in the Upper House, Poddar has demanded to set up headquarters of Steel Research and Technology Mission o...
22 Mar, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
SAIL planning to set up India's first gas-to-ethanol plant in ChandrapurThe plant would cost around Rs 400 crore for SAIL to set up the plant, of which 20 per cent "viable gas funding" or aid will be provided by...
24 Jan, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
India's top steelmakers may invest in making CRGO electrical steel to cut import dependenceThe company has a non-grain oriented electrical steel manufacturing facility (CRNO) of 3 lakh tonnes per annum capacity at its integrated s...
28 Oct, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
Synergy between steel, refractory industry need of the hour: IRMAThe refractory sector is largely dependent on China for raw-material procurement, much like the steel industry that imports around 40 per c...
13 Jan, 2019, 08.25 PM IST
Centre to examine allegation of low quality steel: Chaudhary Birender SinghSingh said this while reacting to the claim of the First Construction Council (FCC) that 26 TMT bar brands in the country had failed in qua...
03 Nov, 2018, 12.07 PM IST
Steel Ministry mulls award to promote innovation in secondary steel sectorThe ministry wants to bring domestic secondary players at par with the primary steel players
13 Sep, 2018, 07.05 PM IST
India should export 6-7% of its steel production: Union steel minister"There is no reason to be happy with 1.5% of export. In the next few years, Indian steel exports should increase to 6-7 per cent of total p...
11 Jan, 2018, 06.07 PM IST
Explore use of steel in unconventional sectors: Birender Singh“We have set up Steel Research & Technology Mission of India (SRTMI), so that India, like developed nations, can produce futuristic product...
12 Aug, 2016, 04.09 PM IST
Steel Ministry approves 83 R&D projects worth over Rs 696 croreThe Steel Ministry approved 83 R&D projects worth Rs 696.27 crore in 2014-15 as it aims to expand the industry's product portfolio.
26 Jul, 2015, 12.32 PM IST
Government directs large steel cos to step up R&D investment to 1 pct of salesThe government wants to enhance corporate spends on research and development of new steel products that are import substitutes.
07 Jul, 2015, 05.31 PM IST
India overtakes US as 3rd largest steel producer: TomarIndia has overtaken the US to become the world's third largest steel producer, Union Steel & Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said today.
07 Jul, 2015, 04.12 PM IST
Steel companies sign agreement with Ministry of Steel for setting up Rs 200 crore fundSeven major domestic steel companies have joined hands with the union steel ministry in a first of its kind initiative to boost R&D in stee...
08 Apr, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
Major steel players like SAIL, Tata Steel, others, government ink pact to set up research bodySAIL, Tata Steel and other players in the sector today inked a pact with the government for setting up a research and development body SRTM...
06 Apr, 2015, 09.11 PM IST
Government to set up steel research and technology bodySai said while leading global steel makers spend 1-2 per cent of their annual sales turnover on R&D, domestic firms spend 0.15-0.3 per cent.
17 Dec, 2014, 07.46 PM IST
Forum for R&D in steel to come up with Rs 100 crore corpus: Narendra Singh Tomar"The ministry has taken a decision to set up a forum for R&D in steel sector with proposed initial corpus of Rs 100 crore from Steel Develo...
13 Nov, 2014, 06.36 PM IST
Steel ministry to set up Steel Research & Technology Mission of IndiaSRTMI will carry out R&D in priority areas of national importance covering best usage of available raw materials & conservation of natural ...
22 Oct, 2014, 01.41 PM IST