After raising Rs 248 crore in FY25 through asset monetisation, debt-laden RINL targets additional land sale to kick-start a revival. Proceeds from the asset sales will go to RINL and not to the Centre, it is learnt.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by PM Modi, approved the revival plan for RINL for Rs 11,440 crore
Brokerage analyst Centrum Broking sees the news report as "big positive" for SAIL as it will help to fast track expansion at minimum capex and drive future earnings growth and lead to value unlocking.
The battle for fair wages has been choking RINL’s coking coal supply for more than a month, making the decades-old steelmaker struggle to meet statutory payment obligations.
RINL, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, has reported losses for most of the years since FY16 with losses exceeding Rs 3,000 crore in FY23.
The Union government has set a target of Rs 51,000 crore from disinvestments in the financial year 2023-24
In a first, the steel maker is exploring a business model wherein it will supply finished steel products to companies which will either fund its working capital or supply one or more raw materials.
Visakhapatnam-based Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) has set up a forged wheel plant at Lalganj, in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 2,350-crore with a capacity to manufacture one lakh forged wheels per annum.
India has proposed selling 100 percent stake in RINL along with management control by way of privatisation, a proposal which has led to agitation by trade unions
RINL is a special steel making company based in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The company, under the administrative control of the Ministry of Steel, operates a 7.3 million tonne (MT) steel plant in the state.
On Thursday, state-run construction company NBCC had announced signing an MoU with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) for redevelopment and monetisation of its 22.19 acres of land in Visakhapatnam.
The state-run steelmaker has been reeling under losses over the past few years. It reported a loss of Rs Rs 1,369 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 3,910-crore loss in 2019-20.
Visakhapatnam-based Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) has set up a plant in Rae Bareli at a cost of around Rs 1,680 crore with a production capacity of one lakh pieces of forged wheels per annum.
The South Korean steel major and state-owned RINL have been in talks for quite some time over their plans to set up a joint venture (JV) for manufacturing value-added special grade of steel.
The South Korean steel major is looking to set up a joint venture with RINL in Visakhapatnam for manufacturing of value-added special grade of steel.
Kaniti Balancing Reservoir-2 has been built to provide additional water storage facility to cater to the enhanced levels of production.
The committee consists of members from the Ministry of Steel, PSUs and technical experts, Minister of State for Steel Vishnu Deo Sai said in the Lok Sabha.
"During April-July 2017, crude steel production was 33.011 MT, a growth of 3.8 per cent over the same period of the last year," the Joint Plant Committee (JPC), under the Ministry of Steel, has said in its latest report.
"P Madhusudan, CMD, RINL commended the VSP collective for the achievements and expressed confidence that in the current financial year there will be substantial growth in production including from expansion units," steel ministry said in a statement.
Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said the country's steel output is at around 120 million tonnes and the government is aiming to achieve 300 million tonnes by 2030.
The government has set up a committee to suggest measures to fast-track the ramping up of modernisation of the steel sector public sector firms -- SAIL and RINL.
The Board of Directors of ICVL had approved to stand guarantee for USD 150 million as capex loan to the beleaguered mine.
Investigations were iniciated on imports of wire rods from China in June 2016. SAIL, RINL, Usha Martin and JSW filed a case for wire rod anti-dumping duty. Anti-dumping duty will be implemented once the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) notifies DGAD recomendations.
RINL's Vizag Steel Plant (VSP) has doubled its capacity to 6.3 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and is in the process of raising it to 7.3 mtpa through modernisation and upgradation of its existing units. It also has a plan to increase capacity to up to 20 mtpa.
According to data by Joint Plant Committee of the Steel Ministry, imports grew 71 percent to 9.321 million tonnes (MT) in 2014-15 compared to the previous fiscal, with India remaining a net importer in the previous fiscal.