SAIL records 14% YoY sales growth in first 8 months FY26 amid global headwinds
State-owned steel maker SAIL said it recorded a 14 per cent year-on-year growth in sales at 12.7 million tonnes (MT) in April-November 2025, amid “price pressures and demand volatility”.

Arcelor Mittal JV in India to expand nearly 3x by 2030 braving iron ore costs
Mumbai : ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd (AMNS India) has set an ambitious expansion roadmap for the rest of the decade, targeting 25-26 million tonnes of steelmaking capacity by 2030, its chief executive Dilip Oommen said in an interview.

Domestic copper industry flags cheap imports, seeks 3% safeguard duty
New Delhi: Cheap imports of copper under multiple free trade agreements are "severely damaging" Indian manufacturing, industry body IPCPA said and sought immediate government interventions in the form of a safeguard duty and quantitative restrictions on inbound shipments from overseas. According to the Indian Primary Copper Producers Association (IPCPA), a surge in zero-duty copper imports is eroding the country's domestic smelting and downstream manufacturing sector, even as over ₹20,000 crore has been invested in recent years to achieve self-sufficiency.

Soaring gold prices: Is it becoming out of reach for the common household?
 

Weekly Review: Gold holds strategic ground, silver accelerates on supply and demand dynamics
 

Underinvestment risks future oil price spikes, ExxonMobil's Joshi warns
New Delhi: Oil companies must ramp up investment in exploration and production to meet future demand, Prasanna V. Joshi, a senior ExxonMobil executive, said, while cautioning that output increases by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) could lead to a near-term glut.

Fuelling power: Senior UT IAS officers guzzled petrol worth Rs 30 lakh in 2 yrs
 

India’s power sector steps up cybersecurity focus as grid modernises
The increasing digitalisation of India’s power sector has brought renewed focus on strengthening cybersecurity safeguards across the national transmission network. With modern grids relying heavily on connected systems, experts highlight the importance of advanced protection layers, real-time monitoring and international best practices to ensure an uninterrupted power supply.

PSUs turn to joint ventures with states to beat land hurdles in solar projects

New Delhi: PSU companies are increasingly turning to joint ventures (JVs) with state governments and related entities to navigate persistent land acquisition bottlenecks in large solar power projects. Land is a state subject, and solar power projects have to compete with food security and conservation needs to secure suitable sites, according to a submission before the Parliamentary standing committee on energy. Under the JV model, state governments take equity stakes and, in return, facilitate land availability for project development.

Hydrogen demand in India set to double to 12 million tonnes by 2030: Report
New Delhi: India's hydrogen demand is poised to double to nearly 12 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by 2030, according to a Nuvama Institutional Equities report. The expected rise comes mainly from fertiliser, refining and petrochemical sectors.

Nuclear energy for growth: Sustaining a vibrant enabling environment is key
Cabinet clearance for the Atomic Energy Bill marks a significant step in India’s nuclear-energy programme. The Bill, to be introduced in the current session of Parliament, reportedly seeks to enable the private sector’s participation in operating nuclear-power plants for the first time and address the issue of liability. The Bill, labelled Sustainable Harnessing of Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India, or SHANTI, which is likely to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act, 2010, attempts to bridge regulatory gaps and create an enabling legal framework for the flow of private, especially foreign, investment in the sector — up to 49 per cent. The strategy is to enable the expansion of nuclear power at scale and create a reliable low-carbon alternative to India’s overwhelming dependence on coal, which renewable-energy technologies cannot sustainably achieve at the present moment.

Nuclear sector needs strategy, skilled manpower to reach 100 GW by 2047