Welspun now wants to shift focus back on the core business of steel and pipes rather than the big-ticket infrastructure sector.
SAIL chairman C S Verma talks about the company's slated disinvestment and future strategies.
The steel sector, which has spent a lot of money to tap the automobile segment, is nervous on its investments.
The port project work is to be undertaken by the group's African subsidiary, Essar Africa Holdings, and is not a part of the group's Essar Ports.
Company says confident of raising funds; to raise Rs 688 crore by February-end.
The details of the project are yet to be worked out by the two companies.
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With locals protesting against Hindalco's move to mine Mali Parbat, the contractor who was working on making the mine operational has left.
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While fuel costs have risen 20%, prices of finished output have fallen
The European unit has a total steelmaking capacity of 18 million tonnes.
Despite NMDC raising iron ore prices by 10%, major steel firms say they will follow suit if demand increases
Welspun Maxsteel, wholly owned subsidiary of the $3-billion Welspun Group, has kept its proposed steel factory plan in Maharashtra on hold due to the shortage of raw material and energy. The delay in environment clearances has also forced the company to keep the project in abeyance for now.
May take Rs 1,000-crore hit to re-route country's longest slurry pipeline
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Last Friday, the Supreme Court in a ruling allowed auction of 1.5 million tonne of iron ore a month.
The trust has got the government's approval to set up a fifth terminal at the port. The terminal, which will have a capacity of 8-10 million cubic metre, is likely to cost JNPT Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 20 billion).
According to data available on the website of World Steel Organisation, only eight steelmakers produced over 20 million tonne (mt) steel in 2009 with ArcelorMittal, leading at 77.5 mt.
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