Around 300 foundry units in West Bengal, where 95 per cent of them are run by MSMEs, provide employment to one lakh people, according to the industry body. KOLKATA: The ailing foundry industry is ...

Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) The ailing foundry industry is facing a double whammy as units are witnessing a sharp rise in raw material costs and declining exports due to the Russian-Ukraine crisis, an ...

Despite increasing demand, foundries across the country are in the process of reducing production activities following an unprecedented hike in raw material prices. Three important centres for the ...

This article was updated May 18, 2023. It was originally published Nov. 15, 2002. Cast iron, by definition, is any iron alloy with more than 2% carbon and uses that carbon as the main alloying ...

Coimbatore: Even as demand has perked up following the improvement in the fortunes of the automobile industry, foundry units have been hit by high raw material prices. While the prices of iron scrap ...

Stove Kraft Ltd., the owner of cookware brand Pigeon, is setting up a fully automated cast iron foundry to manufacture cast iron cookware, a fast-growing cooking medium, globally. “We are currently ...

The difference between wrought and cast iron is straightforward: Cast iron has been melted, poured into a mold and allowed to cool. Wrought iron has been heated and worked with tools. (FYI, the term ...

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