Charting Post-Covid World: Export & policy support to lift steel

6 | COVER STORY

Charting post-Covid world

Pick-up in exports & policy support to save Indian steel industry.

18 How steel can emerge stronger from Covid crisis: Experts’ take

21 Imported scrap offers move

22 Pig iron production down y-o-y, m-o-m in April

23 April sponge iron production down 88.9% y-o-y

24 April crude steel production down 65.2% on year

25 | FEATURE

Mining sector all set to create Rs 100 crore worth e-com opportunity

Government showcases immense opportunity to the EPC companies through privatisation initiatives.

26 Steel sector divided over pellet exports

27 Passenger vehicles sale fails to pick up in May

29 Cash crunch and competition: Coal India stares at new normal

31 Government rolls out National Coal Index

33 | FEATURE

Government to chalk out action plan for post-Covid steel sector

Consultant to target input imports, logistics costs.

35 | FEATURE

Extreme lockdown to hit steel recovery in India: World Steel

Body sees 18% decline in steel demand in 2020.

38 Use Covid-19 crisis to revamp mining sector: KPMG

42 Rating agencies see 15-20% demand shrinkage in FY21

45 Rising production, lower costs to help steel makers’ margins

46 Seaborne coking coal offers slightly up in May

47 Government U pdate

49 China pushes for fast economic recovery: Moody’s

51 | INTERNATIONAL

As Brazil falters, iron ore exports from Australia jump

India also benefitted with ore exports rising sharply.

53 Traffic handled by major por ts down 22% in April-May

54 Global crude steel output down 7% in April

55 JSPL shows all round improvement in operations

56 Corporate Update 58 Import Expor t data

63 Price data

64 Production data

66 Consumption data

67 Import

68 Export data