Nerves of steel: The slump has stabilised, but recovery remains elusive
Steel is one of the clearest mirrors of industrial momentum, and India, despite being the world’s second-largest crude steel producer, is feeling the strain of a deep pricing slump.

Aluminium units in a quandary amid rising imports, export slump
Struggling with declining exports and rising imports, the domestic aluminium manufacturing industry may put its proposed Rs 2 lakh crore capacity expansion plan on the back burner, several industry executives said.

Aluminium: Study says rising input costs threaten India’s manufacturing goals
New Delhi: The increasing input costs could disrupt the country's manufacturing goals, despite forecasts indicating that domestic aluminium demand will rise to 8.3 million tonnes by 2030, up from the current 5.3 million tonnes, a recent study has said. The study released by CUTS International -- a think tank -- comes at a crucial turning point for India's industrial growth, highlighting how the current import duty structure is inadvertently constraining MSMEs -- the very enterprises that anchor the country's manufacturing value chain and are indispensable to realising the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.

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M&M to build high-power highway network as it expands EV portfolio
All chargers will be 180 kW and above, forming a high-power electric-vehicle (EV) corridor designed to make intercity electric travel seamless.