In the March quarter, the standalone total income increased to Rs 18,752.36 crore from Rs 17,264.86 crore in the year-ago period
Total steel dispatch from SAIL was the highest ever at 14.86 million tonnes during FY'19 due to a dedicated logistics set-up created by SAIL recently, the company said
SAIL had invited an expression of interest from global and domestic companies for its proposed strategic disinvestment of its Alloy Steels Plant
SAIL's total expenses fell to 14,937.43 crore in October-December 2018
Over the last three-and-half years, SAIL has managed to lower its employee expenses by nearly 10% even as it continues to remain top among its peers
The plant would be SAIL's second in the state after its Rourkela unit, which has a hot metal capacity at 4.5 mtpa.
Taking a cue from the international market, the domestic steel prices, particularly for flat products, were under pressure for some time
Anil Chaudhary said SAIL is committed to meeting the steel ministry's target of increasing production to 300 million tonnes by 2030-31
The head of the steelmaker also expressed confidence that SAIL can outperform challenges with its talented manpower
Union Minister of State for Steel Vishnudeo Sai had said Tuesday that a four-member high-level committee was constituted by SAIL to probe the incident
Anil Kumar Chaudhary Saturday took charge as chairman of state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), an official statement said. Prior to this, he was director (finance) of SAIL since 2011. SAIL is the largest steel-making company in India and one of the seven Maharatnas of the country's Central Public Sector Enterprises. "A graduate from the University of Delhi, Chaudhary joined SAIL in 1984 as junior manager (F&A). "Working his way, he rose to the rank of executive director (finance & accounts) at Bokaro Steel Plant in 2010. In 2011, he became the director (finance) of the company," said an official statement. An associate member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Chaudhary is an alumni of the Faculty of Law Studies (FLS), from where he completed his bachelor's degree in law.
The post of SAIL chairman fell vacant on June 30 with the retirement of P K Singh
SAIL's refusal could make it harder for the government to meet its budgeted target of raising Rs 1.06 trillion from the dividends
Most of SAIL's plants are no longer posting losses at the operating level as was the case a year ago
SAIL has formed joint venture companies in different areas, namely power generation, rail wagon manufacturing, slag cement production, securing coking coal supplies from overseas sources, among others
While steel demand and outlook bodes well, improving product mix should help sustain the gains in margins
During the first three months of the current fiscal, its saleable steel production was 3.61 million tonnes (mt) which rose 13 per cent over same period last year
Its employee total was 76,800 as on April 1, from 118,000 in the year 2010 - 16 per cent of total cost, from the earlier 21 per cent
ArcelorMittal wants a long-term binding agreement, at the end of which the two companies could take a call on whether to continue with the venture
SAIL ascribed the healthy growth in production and despatch numbers to a string of systemic changes