Hon'ble Sri Salve, Mr. Mody, Dr. Dastur, Mr. Samara-pungavan, Dr. Irani, distinguished guests, delegates, ladies and gentlemen.It is indeed a great privilege for me to extend to the Hon'ble Minister of Steel Et Mines, Sri Salve a very warm and affectionate welcome on behalf of us all, who have assembled at this National Seminar on "Problems Et Prospects of Ferro-Alloy Industry in India" organised jointly by the National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) and the Iron 8- Steel Division of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM). We are indeed very happy to have the Minister amongst us inspite of his very busy schedule. This is his first visit to this steel town after he has assumed the charge of the Ministry of Steel 8 Mines. We all ...