Industrial
India’s Core Sector Growth Slows to 2% in July as Fossil Fuels Weigh; Steel, Cement Shine
Industrial activity in India’s eight core sectors grew just 2% in July 2025, sharply down from 6.3% a year earlier, as fossil fuel...
Steel Safeguard Duty to Raise Costs, Hit Auto Industry: GTRI
The proposed safeguard duty on steel imports stands to cause massive disruption in India’s automobile industry by increasing input cost and decreasing export...
India Pushes Steel Slag Use in Road Construction to Cut Costs, Boost Sustainability
India has taken another healthy step toward sustainable infrastructure in its recent directives to heavily use processed steel slag for road construction. In...
Thoothukudi to Host New SIPCOT Industrial Park; 17,200 Jobs Expected
State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) has initiated the process of establishing a new industrial park in Thoothukudi. The anchor investor...
Birla Opus Paints Launches Industry-First 1-Year Repainting Warranty with ‘Assurance’ Campaign
Birla Opus Paints, part of Aditya Birla Group’s Grasim Industries, has launched‘Birla Opus Assurance,’ an idea never attempted before in the Indian decorative...
GST Reforms, Early Monsoon, and Rising Competition Shape Paints Sector Q1 Results
On August 18, 2025, shares of India’s foremost paint manufacturers surged in rallies after Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi announced far-reaching GST reforms...
Gauhati HC Questions Massive Land Allotment to Cement Firm in Tribal District
The Gauhati High Court has raised serious concerns over the allotment of nearly 4 square kilometres of land to a private cement company...
JSW Steel, POSCO Move Closer to JV with Agreement for Feasibility Study on 6 MTPA Plant
JSW Steel of India and the POSCO Group of South Korea entered into a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HoA) for the joint evaluation...
Commerce Ministry Recommends Three-Year Safeguard Duty on Steel Imports Amid Rising Inflows
To safeguard local manufacturers from a “serious surge” of imports, the Directorate General of Trade Remedies of the Ministry of Commerce has made...
Saint-Gobain Expands Oragadam Plant with New Float Glass and Insulation Lines
Construction is underway at Oragadam, a facility near Chennai, for a new float glass line and a mineral wool insulation line – the...
