Sitharaman also identified greater use of scrap-based steelmaking powered by renewable energy as a practical route to reducing emissions from the sector
Carbon must become part of industrial investment decisions, as future carbon costs, regulation and market access could reshape the economics of long-life assets
The increase applies to lump ore containing 65.5 per cent iron. NMDC has kept the price of iron ore fines, with iron content of 64 per cent or lower, unchanged at Rs 4,500 per tonne
The MMDR Amendment brings miners fiscal certainty, but raises fresh legal and federal questions
The trend has continued in the current financial year, with imports at 1.7 million tonnes during April-June 2026-27, Minister of State for Coal and Mines Satish Chandra Dubey informed the Rajya Sabha
