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  • Indian Flat Steel Market – Outlook

    Indian Flat Steel Market – Outlook

    Guest Speaker – Mr Nikunj Turakhia, Managing Director at Standard Group & President of Steel Users Federation of India and Hon. General Secretary of Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade.

    Indian steel mills have curtailed output due to pandemic and are exploring export opportunities amid subdued domestic demand and inventories. In this podcast, Mr Turakhia shares his views on the impact of COVID-19 on Indian steel industry in terms of demand, flat steel inventories, export opportunities, scope for imports and a market outlook.

     

    Key Highlights

    • Impact of lock-down on Indian steel demand and challenges being faced
    • Effect on steel inventories with mills and stockists
    • Will domestic flat steel prices fall after lock-down eases?
    • Mills exploring export options to clear inventories
    • Is there any scope of steel imports to India?

    Listen the Podcast to Know all the answers
    – Interview by  Shreya Divakaran and Nishtha Mukherjee

     

  • 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