Top Indian Metal & Energy Industry News & Updates - 23 Oct 2025,Thursday

Govt. Policy / Industry

📝  Strategic minerals, strategic power: how rare earths are shaping global supply chains: Report
📝  Cheap imports, dumping hurt India's steel sector; need policy support: RBI article
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Iron & Steel

NMDC cuts rates of iron ore lump by ₹550 per tonne, fines by ₹500/tonne
New Delhi: State-owned NMDC on Wednesday said it has slashed prices of iron ore lump and its fines by ₹550 and ₹500 per tonne, respectively, with immediate effect. It has fixed the price of lump ore at ₹5,550 per tonne and fines at ₹4,750 a tonne, the country's largest iron ore miner said in a regulatory filing. Lump ores or high-grade iron ores contain 65.5 per cent iron content, while fines are inferior-grade ores with 64 per cent or less iron content.
JSW Steel forged strong but tested by market heat and capacity shifts
 
📝  Govt to hold Open House on steel import issues
📝  Ministry of Steel calls stakeholders meeting to discuss issues related to imports
📝  Thyssenkrupp, Jindal Steel to deepen TKSE due diligence next week, sources say
📝  Thyssenkrupp, Jindal Steel to deepen TKSE due diligence next week, sources say
📝  RBI flags surge in cheap steel imports; warns of risks to India’s domestic producers
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Gold / Silver & Bullion

Is gold staring at an encore of the 1980s or is the rally here to stay?
 
Biggest gold slump in 12 years driven by profit-taking and fading safe-haven demand
 
📝  RBI's gold reserves cross 880 metric tonnes by September
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Oil & Gas / OMCs

India’s reliance on imported crude oil creeps up further on demand growth amid stagnant domestic production
 
India, US near long-awaited trade deal linking tariff cuts to reduced Russian oil imports
 
📝  Oil rises over 2% on supply risks, US-China trade hopes
📝  Falling production from KG-D6 drags down national gas output
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Opec

📝  ‘OPEC output confusion must put floor under oil prices’
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Coal / Mining

Coal India & IIT Madras join hands to establish Centre for sustainable energy
 
📝  Coal stockpile with power plants rises 31% to 44.7 mt
📝  Supply chain, e-waste issues can hit critical mineral plan
📝  CSIR-NML inks pact with MECL for critical mineral research
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Power

📝  Power consumption on Diwali defies trend this time; peak demand dips on year
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Renewable Energy

Govt says India's renewable energy sector has entered consolidation phase
 
Vikram Solar to commission 11 GW module manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu by FY26-end
Vikram Solar, one of the leading Indian solar module manufacturers, is planning to commission a total of 11 GW module manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu by this fiscal-end, raising its installed module manufacturing capacity to 15.5 GW. The Kolkata-based company is looking to commission 5 GW and 6 GW module manufacturing units at Vallam and Gangaikondan in Tamil Nadu in the third quarter and fourth quarter, respectively.
India-led solar project lights up 10 Pacific island nations
India, in collaboration with the United Nations, has extended green energy solutions to 10 Pacific island nations by providing solar power to 12 public buildings, the Indian mission to the UN has said.
Swelect’s new CEO shelves cell project, plans BESS foray
Dr Arul Shanmugasundaram, the new CEO of Swelect Energy Systems Ltd, has charted a new course for the company, a major feature of which is shelving the proposed solar cell project. The company will not put up a cell plant but will instead enter into a long-term supply contract with a domestic cell manufacturer, Shanmugasundaram told businessline recently.
📝  India adds 15-25 GW of renewable capacity annually, among fastest globally: MNRE
📝  Clean power purchase obligations, tech use for grid integration priority, says ministry
📝  Renewable energy surge: India’s non-fossil fuel power capacity to touch 300 GW soon; 40 GW projects in advanced stages
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