Page 32 - Steel Industry

Further anti-dumping duty extension detrimental for SMEs: EEPC

Govt has extended anti-dumping duty by two months on certain cold-rolled flat steel products

Birender Singh wants Joint Plant Committee to be more representative

JPC is officially empowered by the ministry to collect data on the iron and steel industry

Centre to give top priority to issues affecting secondary steel sector

Iron-ore & power costs, coal supply are key issues; industry wants cheaper scrap from SAIL units too

Steel exports: Japan threatens to take India to WTO as trade tensions loom

Worried over tough trade climate in Trump era, feels impelled to take a stand for fairer markets

Why govt could fall short of its steel ambition

Despite a rise in steel prices since mid-2016, the private sector has found it hard to add new capacity

Government imposes anti-dumping duties on select steel products

The MIP on steel products that has cushioned the domestic industry for almost a year will end on February 4

Auto, electrical equipment drive steel consumption

Steel consumption in India grew 3.3% to 62 mt during April-December 2016

Little cheer for steel sector as analysts maintain a cautious view

Medium frequency furnaces account for about 9% of low quality steel capacity

China shutting down steel capacity unlikely to change global situation

This closure comprises only 9% of the low quality steel capacity which is again a small portion of the total 1.13 bn tonne steel capacity

Domestic steel makers start new year with price hike

However, demand being weak at home, mark up will be lower than the Rs 6,000 hike planned earlier

RBI has issued directions to help debt-burden steel producers: Aruna Sharma

Interview with Steel Secretary

Gross NPAs in steel sector at Rs 1.15 lakh crore: Govt

Total loan exposure to India's over $100-billion steel industry, the world's third largest, is about Rs 3.13 lakh crore

Steel imports rise 3.6% in October

Steel imports last month rose 3.6 per cent to 0.61 million tonnes (MT) compared to August 2016

Why rally in steel stocks is far from over

There is scope for hike in steel prices, which can fuel the stock rally in the markets

India extends steel floor prices to December 4 to curb cheap imports

Steel Secretary said the government was expected to impose provisional anti-dumping on 21 steel products within two weeks

Anti-dumping duty likely on certain Chinese steel products

In its preliminary findings, the directorate general of anti-dumping and allied duties has recommended the duty

Domestic steel demand seen 5.3% up at 85.8 mn tonne in FY17

Consumption to move up further to 90.6 million tonne in FY18

India's steel output rises 8.1% in July

Capacity utilisations remain stagnant at 68.3% on year-on-year basis, fall by 3.7 percentage points sequentially

Protection for steel industry must be temporary: CII President

The steel producers and protection increases the cost of goods for consumers

Procedure for filing anti-dumping duty cases to be simplified

Likely to accrue a benefit of $100 billion to domestic steel sector