The government has been advised by the miners’ organization FIMI not to impose any export duties on low-grade iron ore, claiming that doing so would result in a large loss of state revenue, jobs, and foreign exchange profits. The Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) made a representation to the government stating that the imposition…
The government’s announcement to remove the export duty late on Friday was applauded by the steel sector. The tax, which had been introduced in May, was eliminated as of Saturday. According to a notification from the Finance Ministry, iron ore lumps and fines with “less than 58 percent Fe” will not be subject to export…
According to estimates, domestic primary steelmakers’ operating margin will decrease to 14–16% in the first half of the current fiscal year from a decadal high of around 30% for the entire previous fiscal year. According to Crisil Ratings, this decline is the result of increased input prices, reduced realizations, and the introduction of an export…
Steel prices have decreased to ₹64,000-65,000 a tonne from ₹71,000 last month on expectation of a supply surplus on levy of 15% export duty. Prices were flying at ₹76,000 a tonne in April. Interestingly, the excess supply comes amid forecast of weak demand with onset of south-west monsoon slowing down infrastructure activities from this month….
JSW Steel plans to invest ₹20,000 crore in capital expenditure this financial year and does not expect the new export duty to either impact its sales and output or bring down capacity utilization. The fresh capital expenditure includes ₹18,000 crore investment in JSW Steel and ₹2,000 crore in Bhushan Power and Steel. The company will…
