Substandard steel bars normally break, rather than bending to absorb powerful forces released by an earthquake, he added. The ministry has recently taken legal action against up to seven companies ...

The contractors of an under-construction tower that crashed in Bangkok during last week’s earthquake apparently used substandard steel bars made by a factory that had been shuttered by authorities.

In February 2023, the price of good-quality steel bars allegedly witnessed a huge rise up to Rs350,000 per tonne, as per an Association of Builders and Developers of Pakistan (Abad) representative ...