The net profit of the company shot up by more than 978 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year to Rs 230.04 crore.

The Maharashtra State's cabinet sub-committee on industries cleared 13 projects worth Rs 70,000 crore, including as many as three large projects worth Rs 35,520 crore that will come up in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts.

On May 22, the government imposed an export duty of 15 per cent on a selection of pig iron, flat-rolled products made of iron or non-alloyed steel, bars & rods, and various flat-rolled stainless steel products along with an additional 45 per cent on iron ore pellets, in an effort to rein in input prices and control rogue inflation. In a similar vein, the export tariff on iron ores and concentrates was increased from 30 per cent to 50 per cent