The Philippines’ lower house on Tuesday approved a bill that overhauls the tax system for mining, which the government said will be simplified to make the industry more attractive to investors.
Robust steel exports from China have emerged as a major driver supporting steel production at a time when demand activity from the country's largest steel consumer -- the property sector -- has remained muted for the most part of this year.
Moody's Investors Services has upgraded Tata Group-backed leading steelmaker, Tata Steel's ratings to investment grade with a Baa3 issuer rating. Also, the rating agency has assigned the company's outlook to 'Stable' from positive. Further, it withdrew the com...
Such certification would help because the ferro-alloys industry is quite energy-intensive and is a key target for state-driven green development plans.
World crude steel production for the 63 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 152.6 million tonnes (Mt) in August 2023, a 2.2% increase compared to August 2022.