Indian Primary Mills Packed For January 2023 Long Steel Orders, Hints Change In Steel Prices

Primary steel mills contribute about 60% to India’s steel production and have reported hefty orders with them, especially for long steel products. As per the market experts, the mills received an order of about 10 lacs tons of TMT in January 2023 and the dispatches are on a fast pace. Reportedly, the mills have good orders for the first half of February 2023, thus, further price revision is likely.

In January, the mills raised prices twice, a total of around Rs 2,000/ ton. Since November 2022 (after the export duties removal), the overall hike in long steels through the mills has been recorded at around Rs 5,000/ ton. Demand from major construction companies has improved significantly, and picked-up infrastructure works have improved the lifting of long steel products.

In addition, ongoing bullet train projects in western India have kept demand strong, especially with primary mills.

Larsen & Toubro’s Order

It is reported that L&T (Larsen & Toubro), India’s largest construction organization (ranked among the world’s top construction companies), alone has recently placed an order of around 3 lac tons of finished long steel (TMT) with the major Indian steel producers for their ongoing projects in southern India and western India.

Insight

Analysing the strong orders with the mills, price revision by major mills for the next orders is estimated very soon.

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