The Indian Iron and Steel is nearly a century old, with Tata Iron and Steel co. as first integrated steel plant to be set up in 1907.It was the first core sector to be completely freed from the licensing regime in 1990-1991. The New Economic Policy initiated in the 1990's influenced the Indian...

As a result of the rise in the raw materials market of 2007-08, steel-producing companies are re-thinking their purchasing of iron ore. Integration of upstream mining companies is one option for ensuring the supply of raw materials. This trend is being pursued mostly in the up-and-coming...

This paper presents key features of the development of the South Korean steel industry through the critical examination of an article by Truett and Truett. Despite their claim to exhibit `realism` by use of a translog cost function, their methodology has strong affinities with the methods of...

This paper examines the impact of new technology on plant-level productivity in the Japanese steel industry during the 1950's and 1960's. We estimate the production function, considering the differences in technology between the refining furnaces owned by a plant. We find that a more productive...