Report: Indian Steel Industry

Abstract

The report elucidates facts on the Indian Steel industry, supplemented by the latest statistics. The report is divided into two sections. Section I mainly covers analysis of past five years' data and also performance of the industry in the current fiscal. Section II covers information on some technical aspects about the product and some basics of the steel industry. Following are the few points which are emphasised to accomplish the report.

Section I

Performance of the global steel industry over past few years with evaluation of trends of countrywise crude steel production, finished steel consumption and import-export trade of steel products.
Evaluation of Overall demand - supply scenario in the country covering various categories of steel products within broad types, flat and long steel products.
Domestic prices of various grades of steel products and also the trend of steel prices in the global market.
Country' s self sufficiency in terms of iron ore, coking coal, coke etc. is discussed with comprehensive statistics of respective domestic and global scenarios. Brief on backward integration level of domestic steel companies.
Projection of steel demand growth rate alongwith bifurcation of steel demand from various demand driving sectors in the next two years. Outlook on steel prices and margins of the industry.
Operating & financial performance of top players in the industry alongwith the cost structure, capacity expansion plans and future outlook.

Section II

Brief on peculiar characteristics of industry, types & applications of various types of steel products and a brief on various steel manufacturing processes.
Comprehensive database of financial statistics of different steel companies and key operational statistics of both domestic and international steel industry.
Database on key input materials like iron ore, coking coal and sponge iron.

For an in-depth analysis and CARE' s view on the future of this sector, please refer to the exhaustive Report on Indian Steel Industry by CARE Research. The subscription to this report includes monthly updates on the industry for the period April 2009 to March 2010.