MSTC Limited
Indian e-commerce company
MSTC Limited (formerly known as Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited) is a central public sector undertakings under the Ministry of Steel, Government of India. It is involved in diversified e-commerce services. Its corporate office is in New Delhi, Delhi with regional branch offices in various other cities. The company reported a net profit of INR 112.95 crore for the fiscal year 2020-21. Incorporated on 9 September 1964, MSTC has 344 employees (as on 31 March 2020).
MSTC renders service to various e-commerce sectors, including e-auction, e-procurement, high sea sales, e-sales, and retail software. MSTC had developed software to conduct an online draw for the new LPG distribution ship scheme, which was conducted by state-run oil marketing psu's all over India. MSTC as of 2018 was also in the process of developing an online portal for divestment of state-owned entities through an English auction system.
The PSU has its head office in Kolkata, West Bengal; four regional offices in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, and Chennai; and branch offices in Chandigarh, Jaipur, Vadodara, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Bangalore, Lucknow, Ranchi, Raipur, Vizag, Trivandrum, Hyderabad, Patna, and Dehradun. FSNL (Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited) was a subsidiary of MSTC which was disinvested in 2025 to Konoike Transport Co.
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