Industrial Minerals


SAIL completes acquisition of Burn Standard

19 December 2011

by Mike O'Driscoll

Indian steel producer secures Salem-based magnesia and refractory producer

Keywords: SAIL, Burn Standard, refractories, magnesite, magnesia

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has completed the transfer of the refractory unit of Burn Standard Co. Ltd (BSCL) to its newly formed subsidiary SAIL Refractory Co. (SRCL) for a token one rupee.

The process of transfer of the refractory unit to SAIL was initiated in June 2010, when the Cabinet Committee...