Rashtriya Metal Industries Ltd (RMIL)

Reported or alleged link, not established
Grade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source
2 documented ties · 2 steps from the SAF

Also recorded as: RMIL

Exported 7.62mm brass cups (cartridge-case precursors) to Giad Elsewedy Cables, a company C4ADS assesses to be an intermediary for the sanctioned Defense Industries System (MASAD), after the war began and after US sanctions on DIS/SMT.

Their response

No RMIL response is recorded in the C4ADS text read.

Records

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Rashtriya Metal Industries Ltd (RMIL)

April-October 2023 (multiple exports); MoU with MASAD reported February 2022

Response: No RMIL response is recorded in the C4ADS text read.
Sanctions: None found

›Research notes

Single investigation, but based on Sudanese and Indian trade records. C4ADS: 'It is likely that these shipments supplied sanctioned entities with materials that can produce ammunition for the SAF.' It allows that other industrial uses are possible but unlikely. C4ADS also notes RMIL sent brass goods to Tula Cartridge Works in 2018 and 2020.

1C4ADS: Indirect Fire (MASAD/DIS procurement of ammunition components) · c4ads.org · 29 Apr 2025
2C4ADS: Sudan's Armed Conflict Enters Its Fourth Year · c4ads.org · 15 Apr 2026

NamesGiad (SMT)Giad Elsewedy Cables DIS Tula Cartridge Works

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

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Arms and supply · 2

To Giad Elsewedy Cables
exported 7.62mm brass cups (84,574 kg on 22 Aug 2023; 62,000 kg on 1-3 Oct 2023) · Apr-Oct 2023
c4ads.orgGrade C: Single source
From Defense Industries System (DIS)
reported memorandum of understanding · Feb 2022
allegedc4ads.orgGrade C: Single source

2 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

2 more relationships at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Dated events

Feb 2022
MASAD/DIS reportedly signs a memorandum of understanding with RMIL and other Indian defence-related entities (C4ADS). c4ads.org
Grade C: Single source
22 Aug 2023
Giad Elsewedy Cables imports 112 packages (about 84,574 kg) of 7.62mm brass cups from RMIL, after US sanctions on DIS and SMT. c4ads.org
Grade C: Single source
1 Oct 2023
RMIL exports a further 62,000 kg of brass cups to Giad Elsewedy Cables (1-3 October). c4ads.org
Grade C: Single source
29 Apr 2025
C4ADS publishes "Indirect Fire" on DIS procurement of ammunition components from India. c4ads.org
Grade C: Single source

4 more events below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

4 more events at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in: India
Places: Mumbai

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Connected to the SAF only when single-source claims are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 3

Elsewedy Electric (Egypt) hypothesis
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record; cited in the same source (via Giad Elsewedy Cables).
Sudan Master Technology / Giad Industrial Group hypothesis
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record (via Giad Elsewedy Cables, Defense Industries System (DIS)).
Tula Cartridge Works (TulAmmo) hypothesis
No direct tie is documented. Basis: named in the other actor's record; cited in the same source.