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JSW Steel will develop Minas de RevuboA coking coal mine in Mozambique in phases, a company statement said. Located in the Moatize coal basin of the Tete Province, Minas de RevuboA has 850 million tonne (MT) of reserves, and the potential to yield 250 MT of usable coking coal. JSW Steel said it will develop the mine in phases, with the first phase expected to be developed over the next 2.5 years to produce 2.4 million tonne per annum (MTPA) prime hard coking coal. The project is a step towards JSW Steel's backward integration strategy and is expected to provide long-term supply assurance for one of the most critical and cost-intensive inputs in steel manufacturing. India's domestic premium coking coal resources remain limited, making captive overseas sourcing a strategic imperative. "As we grow to 50 MTPA steel capacity in India by 2030, we hope that this asset will provide strategic and diversified raw material security and cushion JSW Steel against volatile global coking coal ..
Paints and coatings maker Akzo Nobel India, in which JSW Paints has acquired majority shares, has received approval from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to change its name to JSW Dulux. The ministry has approved the name change and granted a fresh Certificate of Incorporation with new name JSW Dulux, according to a regulatory filing from the company. "We wish to inform you that MCA has issued a fresh Certificate of Incorporation pursuant to change of name (dated 11th March 2026) thereby approving the change of name of the company from "Akzo Nobel India Ltd" to "JSW Dulux Ltd" effective 11th March 2026," it said. Following this, the Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association of the company stand consequently amended and altered to reflect the new name of the company as "JSW Dulux Ltd", it added. On December 10, 2025, JSW Paints, part of the USD 23 billion JSW Group, acquired 60.76 per cent shareholding in Akzo Nobel pursuant to the share purchase agreement between JSW
Days after a US-led 'Pax Silica initiative' excluded India from the rare earths alliance, JSW Group Chairman Sajjan Jindal on Friday called for increased focus on domestic exploration of minerals. Jindal, who leads the USD 23 billion conglomerate having interests in steel and also electric vehicles, said India has sufficient reserves of rare earths. "We have a lot of rare earth in our country. We have not worked on it very diligently. So therefore, we have not explored the rare earth mineral wealth in our country," he said. "But now, after the shock we got from China, I think the country is sincerely working to see that we develop our rare earths," Jindal added. On the country's exclusion from the Pax Silica initiative, he suggested that developing our own strengths is the way forward. "India has to develop its own. Atmanirbhar Bharat is a very important aspect and we have to (work)," Jindal told reporters on the sidelines of the World Hindu Economic Forum here. It can be noted t
JSW Energy looks to operationalise its battery assembly plant in Pune, Maharashtra, in the third quarter of this financial year, a company official said. In an investor call, the company's Joint Managing Director and CEO, Sharad Mahendra, also said that trial runs for green hydrogen project having a capacity of 3,800 tonnes per annum (TPA) at Vijayanagar are near complete and its commissioning is expected soon. The company is setting up a battery assembly plant at Pune in Maharashtra with an annual capacity of 5 gigawatt hour (GWh), he said. This facility is dedicated to supporting Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), he said, adding the company expects to operationalise it in the third quarter of FY26. "It will also enable us to meet domestic content requirements for BESS as and when they are mandated," he said. The company registered a 59 per cent year-on-year rise in total revenues to Rs 5,361 crore in the July-September period, from Rs 3,459 crore in the year-ago period. It