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TopicSteel industry

Topic: Steel industry

Cheap foreign supply is threatening India’s own steel industry

About 150 mills have stopped operations, while another 50 have reduced output as local steel prices hover near five-year lows. Almost half of India’s steel output flows from smaller units

New book traces JJ Irani’s legacy: From reshaping Tatas to revolutionising India’s steel industry

Published by Penguin India, 'Doctor Steel,' by J.J. Irani, will be released on 23 November on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Steel sector emits the largest amount of carbon. But it can lead decarbonisation efforts too

If the two billion metric tons of crude steel produced globally every year were green steel, it would substantially cut emissions for all those industries dependent on steel.

‘Encouraging green tech, export tax incentives’: ICRIER on how to decarbonise India’s steel sector

A report by Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations presents policy options for India to meet growing steel demand while adopting carbon-reducing practices.

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The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.