The total global DRI production in April 2013 registered 8.2% YoY growth to reach 4.973 million tonne due to better YoY performance in 9 countries and contribution by Qatar despite 6.8% negative growth in world’s largest DRI making nation India
The DRI production in January to April 2013 also went up by 6.1% YoY to reach 19.423 million tonnes.
Indian sponge iron sector is on continued downtrend for quite some time besieged by curtailed availability of iron ore after the illegal mining practices came to forefront in Karnataka and the malais
Unit Converters:
Price Index
22-May
21-May
15-May
WoW
WoW
22-Apr
MoM
MoM
22-May
YoY
YoY
ILPPI
8731
8736
8710
8840
9560
IFPPI
8512
8512
8527
8541
9126
INDSPI
8618
8621
8616
8686
9353
22-May
21-May
15-May
WoW
WoW
16-Apr
MoM
MoM
22-May
YoY
YoY
CLPPI
6299
6312
6349
6492
7338
CFPPI
5838
5859
5908
6067
6654
CHISPI
6038
6055
6099
6251
6950
16-May
09-May
02-May
WoW
WoW
18-Apr
MoM
MoM
17-May
YoY
YoY
MLPPI
4749
4752
4752
4755
4928
MFPPI
5249
5280
5280
5310
5964
MEASPI
4901
4912
4912
4923
5242
Live Tenders
Metal Rate
22 May, 2013
Zn
1840
Ni
15160
Sn
21495
Al
1837
Cu
7475
Source: LME.co.uk
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Weekly Poll
Coal Buyer Supplier Market in India (28 Jun, 2013 - 28 Jun, 2013)
Coal Market In India 2013 (09 Jul, 2013 - 10 Jul, 2013)
Baltic Dry Index
22 May, 2013
BDI
829
BCI
1333
BPI
880
BSI
853
Source: DryShips.com
Currency Rate
23 May, 2013
USD
1.0000
AUD
1.0373
BRL
2.0487
CAD
1.0371
CNY
6.1347
EUR
0.7783
GBP
0.6646
INR
55.9042
JPY
102.1470
RUB
31.3957
ZAR
9.6020
Source: http://www.xe.com
