Homeward Bound: Domestic Demand to Drive Growth

6 | COVER STORY

Demand revival keeps steel homebound

A broad-based economic recovery in India is helping steel makers turn away from export market

14 Imported scrap offers fall

15 Pig iron production down on month in September

16 September sponge iron production down 5.9%

17 September crude steel production down 2.9% on year, 4.5% on month

18 Anti-dumping duty on stainless steel may not protect domestic players

22 Capital goods makers need R&D to boost local steel usage: EY

25 Time for a health revolution in world’s second-largest steelmaker

26 | FEATURE

Steel Ministry aiming at increasing rural steel consumption

Per capita steel consumption of 74 kgs can be increased through growth of rural consumption

28 Festive season brings cheer to auto makers

30 Seaborne coking coal offers fall in October

31 Domestic iron ore prices remain firm

32 Traffic handled by major ports down 14% till September

33 Indian Railways’ iron-ore handling down 7.8% in April-September

34 Global crude steel output remain flat in September

35 | INTERNATIONAL

ArcelorMittal restarts idled capacities as demand revives

Third quarter marked improved operating performance with steel markets recovering gradually

37 Global excess capacity to touch 606mt in 2020: Forum

39 Liberty Steel Group eyes thyssenkrupp Europe steel biz

41 | CORPORATE

JSPL eyes 7.5 million tons output in FY21

Exports to stay at 20 percent of production till March-end, management tells analysts

43 JSW Steel domestic sales up 2.5 times on demand recovery

45 | CORPORATE

GFG Alliance restarts Adhunik operations

New owner plans to double capacity

47 Corporate Update

49 Government Update

51 Import export data

55 Price trend

56 Ferro Alloy data

57 Production data

59 Consumption data