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Molten Metal: Indian steel scenario looks promising as construction sector is growing and demand for long products from the real estate and industrial construction is stable – Sushim Banerjee, DG, INSDAG

Q.1       With Queensland flooded – Xstrata has invoked force majeure – how do you expect Coking Coal prices to move in the near future? A.         The flooding of coking coal mines in Australia has been a regular phenomenon for the last few years and the coking coal mines have periodically invoked force majeure in their …

Molten Metal: India has a high potential to grow in the coming years – Sushim Banerjee, Director General, INSDAG

Sushim Banerjee, Director General of the Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG) is carrying out a Herculean Task of spreading awareness among those who will act as catalysts in driving India’s steel demand tomorrow. Here he talks exclusively to Core Communique about steel trends, both on the demand and supply side and explains why …

Koniambo Nickel completes construction of first production line and readies for first molten metal by year end

Koné, 23 November 2012 Xstrata Nickel, the industrial partner in the Koniambo Nickel Project, is pleased to announce that the construction of the first production line of the smelter (Line 1) is complete. The necessary support services and operational infrastructure are undergoing pre-operational testing and commissioning. First molten metal is expected before year end and …

Molten Metal: There is a tremendous opportunity of growth by enhancing steel intensive investment – Sushim Banerjee, DG, INSDAG

As the Director General of the Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), he is in charge of charting the path that will help India consume more steel and truly become the developed economy that she so desires by the yardsticks of production and consumption of steel. Meet Sushim Banerjee, the visionary who is quietly …