The current scene in the commodity market can best be termed as a bit bullish. Production is rising in response…
What China thinks today, the world thinks tomorrow. Is it the best way to describe the current state of affairs…
For the next few months, higher spending on food, clothes and consumer durables will likely be a regular characteristic of…
The long-term solution to the woes of Indian steel industry would continue to be a big push to generate fresh…
A few questions frequently discussed in many forums specifically in the last one year relate to steel intensity of many…
In an earlier column we held a view that increased uncertainty in political and economic environment spoils the entrepreneurial spirits…
With the current subdued growth in manufacturing and the average steel-manufacturing elasticity, steel consumption by the manufacturing sector grows at…
Last week we had had discussed how the seemingly unrelated events like the Brexit, gory killings at Bangladesh and the…
A comparison of the steel prices in the last six months shows that early January levels declined by the end…
BREXIT is the new buzzword generating maximum heat in the media and threatening the stability in an otherwise low-growth syndrome…
We are at the end of first quarter of the current fiscal and things are a bit uncertain, although green…
In the first four months of the current year, China has produced 261 mt of crude steel, down 2.3% from…
In advanced countries, one of the critical issues being debated in most forums relates to surplus steel availability in the…
Unless otherwise restricted by procurement clauses, there is no reason why the domestic availability of steel products cannot fulfill the…
The spate of trade measures adopted by various countries against Chinese exports has made China broadly monitoring its export prices.…
The new series of GDP data needs to be made available for past years also by CSO in order to…
Steel products of the UK have become non-competitive due to high energy cess which is roughly 50% higher than in…
Steel consumption in the country at 80.5 million tonne in FY16 at an annual rate of 4.5% over the previous…
