Steel Authority Of India

JSW Steel, the country's biggest steelmaker by capacity, plans to buy 2,500 metric tons, while SAIL aims to import 75,000 metric tons of the steelmaking raw material from Mongolia

SAIL, the country's largest steel player, is willing to participate in the Critical Mineral Mission, which aims to secure the country's critical mineral supply chain by ensuring mineral availability from domestic and foreign sources, the company's Chairman Amarendu Prakash said on Thursday. The Union Budget 2024-25 had proposed launching a Critical Mineral Mission for domestic production, recycling of critical minerals, and overseas acquisition of critical mineral assets. "FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced the Critical Mineral Mission. In that mission a lot of things will be discussed, all possibilities will be discussed. So we will be watching this and seeing what opportunities are there. "As the Critical Mineral Mission expands and things get discussed, we will be watching and seeing if there are opportunities for exploring something on SAIL's part," the Chairman told reporters on the sidelines of ISA Steel Conclave. The Critical Mineral Mission aims to secure the country's critica

Steel Authority of India Ltd will be investing Rs 6,500 crore towards capex during the current financial year as part of its Rs 1 lakh crore investment plan over the next few years, SAIL CMD Amarendu Prakash said on Friday. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a programme organised by Indian Steel Association here, Prakash said the steel industry approached the government seeking measures to control the dumping of cheap metal by China into India and hoped that steps will be taken to address the menace. "This year, the capex target is Rs 6,500 crore. We also have regular capex on maintaining our facilities, as well as debottlenecking exercises. Most of the capex expansion (Rs 1 lakh crore by 2030) will start flowing from FY26. In the first phase from (the capacity) 20 million tonnes, we go to 35 million tons tonnes per annum by 2031. In the next phase, we will make it 50 million tonnes," the SAIL CMD told reporters. In the past, SAIL management had informed investors about a

Around 15 workers of SAIL's Bokaro Steel Plant have been kept under medical observation after a fire broke out on Saturday morning, an official said. This is a precautionary measure and all of them are out of danger, he said. There was no report of any fatality, the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) official said. The incident took place when maintenance work was underway in the mixed gas pipeline of the Bokaro plant, he said. There has been no leakage of any gas from the pipeline, and the situation is completely under control, the official said. The fire has been extinguished and senior officials are camping at the spot, he added.

State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) on Monday reported a 22 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit to Rs 422.92 crore for the quarter ended in December 2023 due to lower income. The steel maker had posted a net profit of Rs 542.18 crore during the October-December period of 2022-23. The company's total income fell to Rs 23,492.33 crore in the third quarter of FY24 from Rs 25,140.16 crore a year ago, according to an exchange filing by the company. Expenses stood at Rs 23,140.81 in the reporting quarter as against Rs 24,825.11 crore in the third quarter of last fiscal. Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), under the Ministry of Steel, is the country's largest steel manufacturing entity having a total installed capacity of around 21 million tonnes. The Board of Directors has also declared an interim dividend of Re 1 per equity share for FY24 and set February 20 as record date for the purpose of payment of interim dividend.

The suspension will not affect the company's performance, Chairman Amarendu Prakash said in a statement

Steel mills want authorities to raise taxes from the prevailing 7.5% on several steel products to curb imports

Companies want support for capacity addition and anti-dumping measures against substandard imports

Agreement is for multiple solutions like converting emissions to value-added products and fuel

State-owned steel maker SAIL has started working on plans to expand its installed capacity by 15 million tonnes (MT) in the first phase, the company's Chairman Amarendu Prakash said. Its current installed steel-making capacity is about 20 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), Prakash said. "It has been kicked off. In the first phase, we are expanding it to 35 MT. So, phase 1 is of 15 MT," the chairman said in a reply to a question on SAIL's expansion plans. On the timeline and investment amount involved in the expansion plan, he said the company is actively working on detailed project reports (DPRs) and sharing any number will be a difficult task at present. When asked about the funding model, Prakash said SAIL will use its own funds and also seek market support to fund the expansion. "It (the funding) will be a mix of both internal accruals and market. The steel industry is a huge capex-intensive industry. So, we will be in the market for funds," he noted. The company will not only e

Australia accounts for more than half of India's coking coal imports of around 70 million metric tonnes a year. India also imports coking coal from Russia and the United States

The transaction was done via open market sale and the stake was sold between July 22 and September 13

CPSEs account for around 53% of overall transactions on GeM

State-owned SAIL has produced a record 18.28 million tonnes (MT) of crude steel during financial year 2022-23, registering a year-on-year rise of 5.3 per cent. The production of hot metal also rose by 3.6 per cent to 19.40 MT during the financial year ended March 31. In a statement, the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) said it has achieved the best-ever annual production during FY23. "The company recorded 19.409 MT hot metal and 18.289 MT crude steel production with a growth of 3.6 per cent and 5.3 per cent, respectively over the previous best in FY22," the statement added. The steel giant further said it is continuously ramping up its production over the years with a focus on more value-added and special-steel production. SAIL, under the Ministry of Steel, is the country's largest steel producer with an annual installed capacity of around 20 MT. It has five integrated and three special steel plants across various locations in the country.

The government has decided to shut SAIL's loss- making Visveswaraya Iron & Steel Plant (VISP) at Bhadravathi in Karnataka, Parliament was informed on Monday. The government had originally planned for privatising VISP and had invited Expression of Interest (EoI) for selling SAIL's 100 per cent stake in the unit in July 2019. However, in October last year, the government decided to scrap the strategic disinvestment plans of VISP due to low bidder interest. In reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said the shortlisted bidders had expressed inability to participate in the sale process of VISP. "On account of old machinery, sub-optimal size, continuous losses and shutdown of blast furnace for a long time, it has been decided to initiate the process for closure of this unit," Karad said. The Cabinet had in October 2016 cleared strategic disinvestment of SAIL's 100 per cent stake in VISP.

State-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) on Thursday slipped into red posting a consolidated loss of Rs 329 crore during the quarter ended on September 30, 2022. It had clocked Rs 4,338.75 crore net profit during the July-September period of the preceding fiscal, SAIL said in a BSE filing. The company has also reported a fall in its total income at Rs 26,642.02 crore from Rs 27,007.02 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Its expenses increased to Rs 27,200.79 crore as against Rs 21,289 crore in the year-ago period. SAIL has also reported a fall in its crude steel output as well as sales. Its crude steel output fell to 4.30 million tonnes (MT) during the quarter under review from 4.47 MT in July-September period of FY22. Sales shrunk to 4.21 MT from 4.28 MT a year ago. A query seeking chairman's comments on the company's financial and operational performance during the September quarter remained unanswered. SAIL, under the Ministry of Steel, is the country's largest s

But strong domestic demand and cooling raw material prices encourage manufacturers to stay the course on capex plans

A stranded ferry from the Visakhapatnam port is cited to be the reason for plunging it into a deep crisis.

Public sector undertakings (PSUs) in non-strategic sectors shall be considered for privatisation, or they shall be closed, said Minister of State Finance Bhagwat Karat in Rajya Sabha.

Until major hurdles are not conquered by Metal index, the turnaround scenario may fade sooner