Delhi HC expresses concern over supply of oxygen pakistantelegraph.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pakistantelegraph.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
While the domestic steel demand is expected to take some hit due to the ongoing second Covid-19 wave, production of the commodity is also expected to align itself to the consumption pattern as players divert oxygen from its plants to meet the urgent medical requirement of various states. “Steel production is bound get impacted since the oxygen used in the making of steel is getting diverted for medical usage but life cannot have less priority with rest to production,” said a source with AM/NS India on condition of anonymity. AM/NS India is supplying about 200 tonne of oxygen daily for medical usage for covid patients.
The Health Ministry has been directed to finalise the tender for the same and also explore possible sources for import identified by the missions of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), it said.
BIS standards wreak havoc in metal packaging industry
April 16, 2021
Foreign suppliers unable to get certification due to Covid-19 restrictions leading to raw material crunch
Metal packaging manufacturers are crying hoarse as the industry approaches the April 17 launch of official BIS standards on key raw materials tinplate and tin-free steel.
Foreign suppliers have not been able to obtain certification due to restrictions amid Covid-19, leading to a shortage of raw material in the import-dependent industry that has an annual turnover of ₹10,000 crore, according to Metal Container Manufacturers’ Association (MCMA) industry group.
Prices rise
Due to the shortage, domestic manufacturers JSW Steel and Tata Group’s Tinplate Company of India Ltd have jacked up prices, MCMA President Sanjay Bhatia told
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