Indian Ministry of Mines

Indian Government Contemplating Measures to Combat Dumping of Downstream Aluminium

Indian Government Contemplating Measures to Combat Dumping of Downstream Aluminium

India’s Power, Coal and Mines Minister Piyush Goyal said in an interview yesterday that anti-dumping duties and minimum import prices were being considered to combat increased imports of cheap downstream aluminium products. “Aluminium industry has faced a lot of stress in the...

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India’s Nalco Pressured Against Value Addition: Mines Minister

India’s Nalco Pressured Against Value Addition: Mines Minister

The domestic market has been the biggest obstacle facing state-owned National Aluminium Co. Ltd (Nalco) in its effort to transition into greater value addition for its alumina, India’s Union Minister of Energy, Coal, Mines and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal told an audience on Friday. According to Goyal, the Central PSU exports most of […]

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Sources: Indian Government Soon to Impose MIP on Primary Aluminium

Sources: Indian Government Soon to Impose MIP on Primary Aluminium

A minimum import price (MIP) on primary aluminium imported into India may soon be a reality according to sources within the Indian government. India’s state-run engineering consulting firm Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited (MECOM), who was commissioned by the Aluminium Association of India to study solutions for protecting the domestic aluminium industry, returned a […]

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India’s Engineering Consultant Recommends Minimum Import Price for Aluminium

India’s Engineering Consultant Recommends Minimum Import Price for Aluminium

A study commissioned recently by India’s aluminium industry recommended the imposition of an import duty or minimum import price (MIP) upon primary aluminium. India’s state-run engineering consulting firm Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited (MECOM) submitted its findings to the Aluminium Association of India earlier this week according to local media. “The association has forwarded […]

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Indian Government to Study Downstream Effects Before Implementing Import Duty

Indian Government to Study Downstream Effects Before Implementing Import Duty

India’s government will study potential effects upon downstream aluminium before coming to a decision on protective measures, such as import duties, for the industry as a whole. “We have asked MECON [Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited] to study the downstream sector for aluminium as they might get affected with the rise in duty,” Union […]

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Decision by Indian Government on MIP for Aluminium Expected in Fifteen Days

Decision by Indian Government on MIP for Aluminium Expected in Fifteen Days

The Indian government has again taken up the subject of a minimum import price (MIP) on aluminium, and, according to an official cited in the domestic press, a final decision is expected within the next fifteen days. India’s Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar said that his ministry is looking into the proposition of an MIP on […]

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