steel

DRDO’s DMRL Transfers Advanced Materials Technologies to Industry Partners

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), marked its sixty-second annual day by transferring several advanced materials technologies to domestic industry partners. The technologies support programmes in naval platforms, combat vehicles and missile systems. The technologies handed over include the manufacturing process for DMR 249A steel in […]

Rourkela Steel Plant capacity to be doubled to 9.8 million tonnes by 2030

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), operated by Steel Authority of India Limited, is set for a major expansion that will raise its crude steel capacity to 9.8 million tonnes by 2030. The plan follows a review of the plant’s current operations, ongoing projects and the outlook for steel and mining output in Odisha. The review examined […]

Hi-Tech Pipes lays foundation for 150,000-tonne coated steel plant in Hindupur

Hi-Tech Pipes Limited, a manufacturer of steel pipes, tubes and coated steel products, laid the foundation stone for a greenfield manufacturing project at Hindupur, Andhra Pradesh, on 13 November 2025. The facility will add 150,000 tonnes per annum of coated steel capacity to support customers in southern and western India. The project involves an investment […]

JSW Energy commissions green hydrogen plant at Vijayanagar to supply JSW Steel

JSW Energy Limited on 11 November 2025 commissioned a green hydrogen manufacturing plant adjacent to the JSW Steel facility at Vijayanagar, Karnataka. The facility marks the company’s first commercial-scale green hydrogen project and is designed to supply low-carbon feedstock for direct reduced iron (DRI) production at the steel complex. The plant will produce 3,800 tons […]

Shyam Metalics nears completion of INR 94 billion expansion across steel, aluminium and stainless facilities

Shyam Metalics and Energy Limited, an integrated metal producer, is in the final phase of executing a capital expenditure programme of about INR 94.25 billion to expand its steel, aluminium and stainless steel manufacturing capacity across India. According to the company’s investor presentation for the second quarter of FY2025–26, around 80 percent of the total […]

John Cockerill to Shift Global Metals Business Headquarters from Belgium to Mumbai

John Cockerill India Limited, the Indian arm of Belgium-based John Cockerill Group, will become the global headquarters for the group’s metals business as part of a major organisational restructuring. The company’s board approved the acquisition of the entire equity stake in John Cockerill Metals International SA, Belgium, from its parent company, John Cockerill SA. The […]

Fabex Steel Structures Commissions INR 1.2-Billion Steel Structures Facility in Telangana

Fabex Steel Structures Private Limited, a Hyderabad-based manufacturer of pre-engineered buildings and structural steel solutions, has inaugurated its second manufacturing facility at Chityal near Hyderabad. The new unit, built with an investment of INR 1.2 billion and spread across 40 acres, adds 50,000 metric tonnes of annual production capacity, taking the company’s total installed capacity […]