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Nigeria-India $1bn Steel Industry Development Deal

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Source: Businessday NG

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Nigeria signed a $1 billion memorandum of understanding with India's Rashmi Metaliks Group to revive and develop Nigeria's steel industry. The deal aims to boost steel production, industrialization, job creation, and foreign exchange savings, with a target of producing 10 million tonnes of crude steel annually by 2030. The agreement follows a tour of Rashmi Metaliks' steel plant in Kolkata and ref

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Sector
Steel, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government
Location
Kolkata, Nigeria
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Businessday NG

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The project “Nigeria-India $1bn Steel Industry Development Deal” is an infrastructure initiative in the Steel sector, located in Kolkata, Nigeria. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Businessday NG.

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Nigeria signed a $1 billion memorandum of understanding with India's Rashmi Metaliks Group to revive and develop Nigeria's steel industry. The deal aims to boost steel production, industrialization, job creation, and foreign exchange savings, with a target of producing 10 million tonnes of crude steel annually by 2030. The agreement follows a tour of Rashmi Metaliks' steel plant in Kolkata and reflects growing investor confidence in Nigeria's steel sector under recent economic reforms.

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Industrial Development

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Nigeria

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Kolkata

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Steel, Manufacturing (Industrial), Government

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2026-04-17

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