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  • South Asian Ferrous Scrap Market – Outlook

    South Asian Ferrous Scrap Market – Outlook

    Guest speaker – Mr Zain Nathani, Managing Director at Nathani Steels & Vice President of MRAI & Ferrous Board, Bureau of International Recycling (BIR)

    South Asian markets are expected to witness the fastest growth in ferrous scrap imports during this decade. In this podcast by SteelMint Events, Mr Zain Nathani, MD of Nathani Steel, representative of Schnitzer Steel USA to South Asian markets and VP of MRAI & Ferrous Board, Bureau of International Recycling (BIR). shared insights about the trends of ferrous scrap import to South Asia and its growth over the years, how the global ferrous scrap market is responding to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic, as well as the potential of these markets for ferrous scrap import in the coming years.

     

     

    Points of Discussion:

    • Growth of scrap Imports to South Asia over the last decade
    • Expectation of Scrap import volume to South Asia this year
    • Global scrap price outlook in the near term
    • Impact of Covid-19 on shipments of previous orders and future bookings
    • Container vs Bulk scrap import trends in South Asia

    Listen the Podcast to Know all the answers
    – Interview by Akshay Sharma and Shreya Divakaran

     

  • CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: How ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India is dealing with the hard times

    CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: How ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India is dealing with the hard times

    SteelMint Events | tête-à-tête with Mr. Dilip Oommen, CEO of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd.

    Mr Dilip Oommen, CEO of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Ltd speak about life and work at the different producing units of the fourth-largest steelmaker in India by capacity, as the Coronavirus pandemic rages on, creating a never-seen-before health and economic disaster. Watch the video below:

     

    Times are challenging as there is a scale down of production across both its steel and pellet plants, but future plans are being worked out to find markets and change in products offered for sale even as the government plays a supportive role, the steel industry veteran says.

    In the long run, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India is poised for growth wherein producing high-end products would be on the cards.

    Mr Oommen has served in the steel industry for 37 years and progressed through senior leadership positions at Essar Steel before becoming its CEO last year, also the time when the company got taken over by ArcelorMittal. He is a metallurgical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology.

    ~Interview by Ruchira Singh

  • Bangladesh: Bulk scrap bookings hit record high in March on container shortage

    Bangladesh: Bulk scrap bookings hit record high in March on container shortage

    Bangladesh – is one of the world’s fastest growing economies and one of Asia’s most emerging markets in terms of ferrous scrap imports. With annual scrap imports of nearly 3.7 MnT made last year, Bangladesh based steel mills continue to increase scrap bookings. Bulk scrap bookings in Mar’20 hit record high.

     

    Ms Nishtha Mukerjee, Head of Research and Mr Akshay Sharma Analyst, Global Ferrous scrap at SteelMint highlight the scenario of Bangladesh bulk scrap bookings, price trends, present challenges and an outlook

     

     

  • Coronavirus Pandemic: How Indian Induction Furnace-Based Steel and Iron Producers are Dealing With the Global Health Disaster

    Coronavirus Pandemic: How Indian Induction Furnace-Based Steel and Iron Producers are Dealing With the Global Health Disaster

    Small and medium-sized enterprises form a sizable chunk of India’s total steel production of 110 million tonnes. So when these companies numbering in thousands across the country face the brunt of the Coronavirus pandemic, clouds of concern gets cast over India’s economic growth.

    One such producer, Mr. Ramesh Agrawal, President – Chhattisgarh Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association & Chairman of GR Group of Industries, speaks about the state of the industry and spells out what it would take for it to get back on its feet.

     

      

     

    Points of Discussion:

    •  Impact of lockdown on SME sector
    •  Scope of a quick bounce back
    •  Inventory levels
    •  Possibility of exports
    •  Electricity and other costs

    Listen the Podcast to Know all the answers
    -Interview by Ruchira Singh

  • Coronavirus Pandemic: How JSPL is Handling its Plant and Production

    Coronavirus Pandemic: How JSPL is Handling its Plant and Production

    CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC: Take a look at how JSPL is managing its people, plant and business in the backdrop of the global health disaster

    Mr V.R. Sharma, managing director of JSPL allays fears over the Corona virus outbreak and spells out the best ways to manage manpower so that the blast furnace keeps functioning and the networks of buyers well-supplied.

    In the last several years Indian steel makers have been tapping the export markets aggressively to have a balanced portfolio of sales to domestic and overseas markets and according to Mr Sharma, this tactic is playing out to an advantage at this point.

     

      

     

    Points of Discussion:

    • What is the state of the blast furnace?
    • Are exports taking place?
    • At what price are pellets, billets and pig iron being sold?
    • How strong is the inquiry from China?
    • How are banks receiving LCs and how is the allied paperwork being done for exports?
    • What is your outlook for demand?

    Listen the Podcast to Know all the answers
    -Interview by Ruchira Singh