India's NMDC Limited awards a contract worth ₹317 million, around $3.8 million USD, to Rail Vikas Nigam Limited to build an iron ore buffer stockyard & blending facility. The project strengthens India's iron ore supply chain by improving inventory management & ore quality consistency for steel plant customers. India's steel output grew seven point eight percent in the first five months of twenty twenty-six, the strongest performance among major producers globally. The investment supports India's target of three hundred million metric tons of annual steel capacity by twenty thirty.