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| MMR Monthly July 2008 Issue |
ICDC seminar evokes good response
The vibrant economic and industrial activity in the country has ensured bright growth prospects for copper -based products in India. While existing en...
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Editorial
Will a watch body be helpful? -
Zinc and lead are among the most widely used non-ferrous metals in the world after aluminium and copper. In India, ro...
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Emerging application trends in India
The all round growth in the economy is steering the demand for steel and hence that of zinc also. The quantum jump growths in the automobile sector an...
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Growth prospects & challenges
The greatest challenge for the Indian copper industry lies in successfully creating a market and maintaining the same with world class innovative prod...
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Market Reports
Steel
MS ingots rally continues in June -
Mild Steel ingots futures extended the rally in June, which has originally resumed in the month of May and...
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Lead and lead oxide : an overview
There is a bright long-term future for industrial lead-acid battery segment. The relatively new application segment of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs)...
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“Pride of India” award for K C Pandey
A former Indian navy engineer, Mr Pandey took premature retirement to work for preservation, collection and creating awareness about India’s mineral h...
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Industry favours watch ...
Industry favours watch body to check price volatility -
Unwarranted speculation is destroying the market. Due to high volatility nobody gets the pri...
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Lead recycling industry struggles for survival
A sharp fall in international lead prices coupled with hoarding of scrapped batteries is leading to untimely death of lead recycling industry. Our cou...
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Bright future for galvanized steel products
The excellent corrosion protection provided by zinc coatings contributes significantly to the durability and life expectancy of steel products – this ...
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Galvanized rebar, ideal for arresting corrosion
The consumption of galvanized products such as rebars will improve in the future with the likely drop in prices due to improved technology, better ava...
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Galvanealing for iron zinc alloy
Because the paint adhesion and weldability of the surface of the zinc layer are not necessarily good, galvannealing has been developed to improve thes...
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Indian regulations consistent with ....
Indian regulations consistent with IMO requirements -
Mr Ajoy Chatterjee, Chief Surveyor-cum-Additional DG (Engineering), DG Shipping, while speakin...
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Prospects of zinc, lead metal production
While opportunities exist, the metal industry is not able to grow to its full potential on account of inadequate exploration of the mineral resources ...
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| MMR Weekly dt. 4th August 2008 |
Steel cos may be asked to hold prices
Concerned over the anticipated rise in domestic steel prices and its impact on inflation, the Government has asked the state-run steel maker SAIL to ...
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Duty-free steel for SEZs ruled out
The Ministry of Finance has struck down the commerce ministry’s request for duty-free supply of steel from the domestic tariff area for Special econom...
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DOMESTIC MARKET REVIEW
Gold eases on weak global cues, slipping crude -
The global advices, which were weakened by slipping crude oil, had impacted the gold prices on the M...
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BASE & PRECIOUS METALS WEEKLY REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Copper declines,gold slips -
As a flurry of economic data from the United States still pointed to a severe slowdown and investors worried about metal...
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PERSPECTIVE
Credit squeeze, higher borrowing cost to impact India Inc -
The RBI in its credit policy raised its key lending rate by 50 basis points to a seven-...
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22% rise in Tata Steel net profit
The world’s sixth-largest steelmaker,Tata Steel Ltd has posted a 21.78 per-cent rise in its net profit at Rs 1,488.40 crore for the quarter-ended June...
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78 % rise in Sterlite net profit
Soaring commodity prices have helped India’s largest non-ferrous metals and mining firm, Sterlite Industries , a subsidiary of the London-based Vedant...
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Visa Steel fares well
During Q1 of FY’2008-09, Visa Steel, a part of the Rs. 4,000 crore Visa Group registered excellent growth in financial performance with a revenue grow...
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IN FOCUS
Gems & jewellery sector integrating line of activities, eyeing newer markets -
In pursuit of higher margins, diamond companies have started to look ...
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FERROUS BITS
Pugazhenthy to head IIM -
L Pugazhenthy, Executive Director, India Lead Zinc Development Association has taken over as President, The Indian Insti...
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ArcelorMittal profit doubles
ArcelorMittal profit doubles, keen on Indian projects -
Despite the global economic turmoil,the world’s largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal has poste...
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Metals continue to correct
Metals continue to correct; precious metals in uptrend;nickel in major downtrend -
Metals continue to correct as commodities softened around the wor...
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Commodity price spike ....
Commodity price spike helps Hindalco to post 16% profit -
Higher volumes and skyrocketing commodity prices helped Aditya Birla group firm Hindalco I...
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TECH CORNER
Raytheon’s satellite-based navigation system -
Raytheon, a Newyork registered company, is leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the...
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