India to add 25 million mt of new steelmaking capacity per year up to end FY 2028-29

Tuesday, 30 July 2024 14:46:36 (GMT+3)   |   Kolkata

India’s steel industry will have achieved investment to the tune of $3.56 billion by the end of the fiscal year 2028-29 and incremental capacity addition of 25 million mt per year, Nagendra Nath Sinha, secretary of the ministry of steel, said in a statement on Tuesday, July 30.

The secretary said that the government has signed 57 memoranda of understanding (MoUs) entailing a total investment of $ 1.76 billion, as of March 31, 2024, that will see the creation of 300,000 mt of new steelmaking capacity.

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I graduated from the University of Kolkata with a degree in economics and have three decades of experience in reporting for leading print media publications, covering key manufacturing industries like iron and steel, energy (fossil and renewable), chemicals and petrochemicals and mining sectors (coal, bauxite, iron ore and copper). I work as a correspondent for SteelOrbis reporting on the Indian steel industry covering pricing and trade trends across the value chain, capacity creations and utilizations, corporate developments, government policy frameworks and industry related news.

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