Metals & Mining — Business MegaBrands 2026–27

Steel, aluminium, copper and zinc; the miners of coal, iron ore and manganese; the makers of pipes, wire, castings, ferro alloys and graphite. Almost every other sector in this index buys from this one.

5 industries · 15 categories · 81 brands in contention

Steel

• Integrated steel producers — 5 brands. Integrated steel producers make steel from iron ore and coking coal through blast furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces, or through direct reduction, and roll it into flat and long products.
• Secondary and mid-size steel producers — 6 brands. This category covers mid-size and secondary steel makers that produce sponge iron, pellets, billets and long products through direct reduction, induction furnaces and electric arc furnaces.
• TMT bar brands — 5 brands. TMT bar brands covers Indian makers and marketers of thermo-mechanically treated reinforcement bars used in concrete for houses, buildings, bridges and other structures.
• Stainless and specialty alloy steel — 5 brands. This category covers Indian producers of stainless steel flat and long products, and alloy and specialty steels made for forging, machining and engineering uses.

Steel Products

• Steel pipes and tubes — large — 7 brands. This category covers large Indian makers of steel pipes and tubes, including welded, spiral, ductile iron and stainless products and structural hollow sections.
• Steel pipes and tubes — mid-size — 6 brands. This category covers mid-size Indian manufacturers of galvanised, black, structural, precision and stainless steel pipes and tubes.
• Castings, wire and engineered steel products — 5 brands. This category covers Indian makers of iron and steel castings, ductile iron pipes, wire ropes, steel wire and other engineered steel products sold to industrial buyers.
• Pre-engineered buildings and steel structures — 4 brands. This category covers companies that design, fabricate and erect pre-engineered steel buildings and structural steel systems for factories, warehouses, logistics parks, stadiums and infrastructure projects.

Non-Ferrous Metals

• Aluminium — 6 brands. The aluminium category covers Indian companies that mine bauxite, refine alumina, smelt primary aluminium and produce rolled products, extrusions and sections.
• Copper, zinc, non-ferrous metals and recycling — 6 brands. This category covers Indian producers of zinc, lead, silver and copper, along with makers of non-ferrous products and companies that recycle lead, aluminium and other metals from scrap and used batteries.

Mining & Minerals

• Coal mining — 3 brands. Coal mining covers companies that extract thermal and coking coal from opencast and underground mines and supply it to power stations, steel plants, cement kilns and other industries.
• Iron ore and mineral mining — 6 brands. This category covers companies that mine iron ore, bauxite, lignite, limestone and other minerals, and process them into pellets, concentrates and other feed for industry.
• Ferro alloys and manganese — 5 brands. This category covers Indian producers of ferro chrome, ferro manganese, silico manganese and manganese ore.
• Industrial minerals, rare earths and mining services — 6 brands. This category covers Indian companies that mine and process bentonite, kaolin, calcium carbonate, mineral sands and rare earths, and contractors that develop and run mines on behalf of owners.

Carbon & Graphite

• Graphite, carbon black and carbon materials — 6 brands. This category covers Indian makers of graphite electrodes, carbon black, calcined petroleum coke, coal tar pitch and battery-grade carbon materials.

How these brands are evaluated

Every brand in this sector is assessed on WCRC's 50-parameter brand evaluation model, across five weighted pillars. Scores are compared within each category, and one Business MegaBrand is named in each. Read the methodology

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