Indian Steel: The Emerging Reality

‘Indian Steel: The emerging Reality’ authored by prominent author Dr AS Firoz provides you the valuable information on Indian steel market and is scenario. The report covers the reviews of the developments in Indian steel industry.

This report critically looks at the current situation in the industry, potential of the steel market growth in the medium term, growth plans of the individual major companies, demand and supply issues related to raw materials like coal and iron ore, competitive positioning of steel production in the country, socio economic and political factors which may have direct and indirect impact on the growth dreams of the Indian steel makers, etc among a large number of other relevant issues of strategic importance.

This report is the product of extensive and in depth analysis with incredible amount of time spent to put the numbers in perspective. There are neutral and frank expert views on matters which have drawn attention of the industry in the recent period.


CONTENT

Topics

1. Indian Steel: A Short Historical Perspective on Growth 5
2. Capacity 7
3. Production and Consumption Trends 10
4. New Projects and Investment Issues 14
5. Why Steel Consumption is Low in India 21
6. Steel Demand Forecasts 23
7. Steel Prices 35
8. Steel Distribution Channels 41
9. Competitiveness and Costs of Production 43
10. Relative Ranking of Steel Projects 29
11. DRI and Pig Iron 50
12. The Secondary Sector 53
13. Iron Ore 57
14. Coking Coal 69
15. Mergers and Acquisitions and Consolidation 73
16. Product Mix and Business Plans 75
17. External Trade 75
18. Strategic Conclusions 78
Annexure 89
Charts 98
Author’s Introduction 103

Tables

Table-1 Crude Steel Production Capacity
Table-2 A Realistic Greenfield Expansion Scenario
Table- 3 Assessed Brownfield Capacity: Current & Expansion
Table-3 (A) Emerging supply of finished steel from domestic sources
Table- 4 Some of the projects under conception in Jharkhand
Table- 5 Some of the projects under conception in Chhattisgarh
Tables 6 (A-C) Forecasts of finished steel demand (Mild Steel)
Table-6D Forecast of demand for alloy & stainless steel
Table- 6E Moderate demand growth scenario (Mild, Alloy & SS)
Table- 6F High Demand Scenario (Mild, Alloy &SS)
Table-7: End use sector growth assumption in forecast models
Table- Sector wise consumption of carbon steel in India 2006-07
Table- 9 Percent change in the prices of steel products in December 2006 and December 2007
Table- 10 Costs of production of steel (HR Coils) 2006-07
Table- 11 Labor costs in Indian steel plants
Table-12 Cold rolling capacity by Plants
Table-13 HDG Capacity by Plant
Table -14 Chinese reference spot prices for Indian iron ore fines
Table-15 Iron ore consumption & costs for select Indian steelmakers
Table-16 Palletizing capacities: Existing and Planned
Table-17 Coking Coal Supply by Source
Table- 18 Estimation of demand for coking coal, PCI & met coke: Annual Till 2011-12

Charts

Crude steel capacity by major companies & industry segments
Finished steel production in India: Trend
Crude steel production 2006-07 by Major Producers
Pig Iron Production and Consumption Trend
Finished Steel Consumption Trend Old and New (revised) Series
New Projects Announced: Aggregate Capacities till 2020
Growth Plans of Major Indian Steel Companies
Forecast of production, consumption & import of finished steel (High Growth Demand Scenario)
Forecast of production, consumption & import of finished steel (Medium Growth Demand Scenario)
Forecast of production, consumption & import of finished steel (Low Growth Demand Scenario)
Forecast of demand for wire rods, rebars and others
Forecast of demand for light, medium &heavy structurals
Forecast of Demand for Railway Materials
Forecast of Demand for Plates
Forecast of Demand for HR coils, HR sheets, CR sheets & galvanized sheets
Forecast of demand for aggregate flat & long products
HR Coils Reference Price Ex-Plant
Market Price of HR coils
Market Prices of Wire Rods and TMT bars
Price Trend Equal Angles (Main Producers)
Price Trend Equal Angles (Secondary Producers)
Price Trend in Light Beams
Price Trend in Medium beams
Price Trend of Rounds
Relative Strength of Steel Industries in India, China and Brazil
Performance and Strength
Ranking of Steel Projects
Ranking of Steel Projects by Location Related Factors
Ranking of Steel Projects by Techno Economics
Ranking Steel Projects by Resource Related Factors
Ranking by Implementation Strength
Trend in Sponge Iron Production
Market Price Trend: Pig Iron
Iron Ore Export (Global) Prices: Actual and Forecast (Goldman Sachs)
Iron Ore Reference Price Trend (OMC, Barbil Orissa Mines)
Iron Ore Cost Per Tonne of Crude Steel (2006-07)
Price Trend: Iron Ore and Sponge Iron
Iron ore Resources in India
Coking Coal Demand Forecast
Industrial Growth Trend
GDP Growth Trend
GDFCF in India’s Construction
GDFCF in Machinery
GDP Compared: India & China
Industrial Growth rates Compared: India & China
Per Capita Income Compared: India & China
Export of Steel from India
Net Exports of Semi-finished Products
Net Exports of Finished Steel
Automobile Production in India
Automobile Exports from India

Annexure

Annexure-1 Indian Steel Projects: The Scenario by Intentions and Announcements
Annexure-2 List of Steel Projects in Orissa with MoUs Signed with the Government
Annexure-3 Steel Projects in Orissa Reporting Partial Production
Annexure-4 Macro Economic Performance of the Indian Economy
Annexure-4 Production of Pig Iron in India for Merchant Sales
Annexure-5 Changes in Customs Duty on Steel Items since 2000
Annexure-6 Import of Steel: 2006-07
Annexure-7 Imports by Source Countries ('000 tonnes)


Report summary

Publish Date: January 2008
No. of Pages: 178 (103 analytical perspective + 25 Tables + 50 Charts)
Price: INR 40,000 for Indian buyers (USD 1000 for others)
Delivery Format: PDF Format

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