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Last updated: 19 Jul, 2012  
 Metals & Minerals


SAIL, RINL allowed direct charter of ships for coal imports
SME Times News Bureau | 17 May, 2013
The union cabinet Thursday allowed the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to directly charter ships without going through the government's chartering organization TRANSCHART.
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CIL plans to recover reserves from underground mines
SME Times News Bureau | 20 Apr, 2013
In a bid to increase production, state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world's largest coal miner, is planning to extract nearly two to three billion tonnes of coal reserves locked up as pillars in its existing and abandoned mines, a top official said Friday.
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NALCO achieves highest-ever turnover
SME Times News Bureau | 03 Apr, 2013
The state-run NALCO Tuesday said it has reported highest-ever sales turnover and foreign exchange earnings in 2012-13.
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ONGC makes 3 major oil and gas discoveries
SME Times News Bureau | 22 Mar, 2013
State-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) said Thursday it has made three significant oil and gas discoveries.
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10 percent fall in Odisha iron ore production
SME Times News Bureau | 07 Mar, 2013
Odisha's iron ore production is likely to fall by 10 percent in the financial year ending March 2014 due to restrictions and crackdown on illegal mining, an official said here Wednesday.
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Coal India output in January up 4 pc
SME Times News Bureau | 25 Feb, 2013
State miner Coal India (CIL) produced 46.42 million tonnes of coal in January 2013, a growth of 4 percent over the same month last year, the government said Monday.
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BP, RIL to invest $5 bn for tapping gas in KG-D6
SME Times News Bureau | 20 Feb, 2013
British oil major BP and Reliance Industries (RIL) will invest USD 5 billion in developing untapped gas reserves in the KG-D6 block, the companies announced Tuesday.
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NALCO hikes aluminium prices by Rs.5,000 per tonne
SME Times News Bureau | 18 Feb, 2013
State-owned National Aluminium Co. Ltd. (NALCO) has increased prices of all its products by Rs.5,000 per tonne, a senior company official said Sunday.
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Bhilai Steel Plant registers 4.8 pc growth
SME Times News Bureau | 07 Feb, 2013
The Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh has registered a growth of 4.8 percent crude steel production for a 10-month period from April 2012 to January 2013.
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NALCO's Q3 net profit jumps to Rs.119 cr
SME Times News Bureau | 31 Jan, 2013
NALCO has registered a net profit of Rs.119 crore for the third quarter of 2012-13 fiscal, up 133 per cent against Rs.51 crore achieved during the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal, the company said Wednesday.
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UK Pound
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Euro
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Japanese Yen 54.40 53.00
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