Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Steel & Metallurgy organises one-day conference in Kolkata to facilitate brainstorming for New Steel Policy 2017


Steel & Metallurgy organises one-day
Conference in Kolkata to facilitate brainstorming for New Steel Policy 2017! 

Steel & Metallurgy organised a one-day conference “Emerging Technologies and Application for Steelmaking, Continuous Casting, Rolling & Finishing Mills” on 17th February 21, 2017 at the Gateway Hotel, Kolkata.
The conference was co-sponsored by Steel Authority of India Limited, Vizag Steel Plant, Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Danieli India Ltd.
The conference was inaugurated by the panel of dignitaries which included Mr. Lalit Beriwala, Chairman – Standing Committee on Iron & Steel, MCC Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Mr. P.K. Rath, Executive Director (Operations), RINL, Vizag Steel Plant, Mr. Prasant Dash, Executive Director (NMDC Iron Ltd., Mr. Francesco Esposito, Managing Director, Danieli India Ltd., Mr. Amitabh Akhauri, General Manager (Lube Sales), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Dr. Sushmita Dasgupta, Jt. Chief Economist, Joint Plant Committee, Ministry of Steel.
Following the inauguration and welcome note by Mr. Beriwala, the panel deliberated over key issues of the Indian steel industry in discussion titled “Prospects & challenges before the steel industry in the post melt-down era”. Along with discussing the key topics such as emerging technologies for steel making processes and new application areas in defence and rural infrastructure, the panelists also delved deep into the structural issues of raw material supply, logistics and handling, energy efficiency, financial condition of the steel industry, and future market prospects among other topics. 
A total of 17 technical papers were presented during the course of the conference by technocrats, industry professionals and policy makers.
The participants congratulated the organizer for providing such thought-provoking platform at right time when the New Draft Steel Policy 2017 is pegging the steel production in the country to reach 300 million tonnes by 2030-31 weathering challenges both domestic and from offshore.

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