Steel 360 - August 2018
Get Steel 360 along with 8,000+ other magazines & newspapers
Try FREE for 7 days
Latest and past issues of 8,000+ magazines & newspapers
Digital Access. Cancel Anytime.
Share with 4 family members.1 Year$99.99
Latest and past issues of 8,000+ magazines & newspapersDigital Access. Cancel Anytime.Share with 4 family members.Get Steel 360
Buy this issue $7.99
August 2018 issue Digital Access. 
Subscription plans are currently unavailable for this magazine. If you are a Magzter GOLD user, you can read all the back issues with your subscription. If you are not a Magzter GOLD user, you can purchase the back issues and read them.
- Magazine Details
- In this issue
Magazine Description
In this issue
Tailwind spin of High Grade iron ore Higher grade iron ore prices are seeing a spiral movement in past few months, may surge to 100 dollar mark leading to further change the trend and reshape the global market. China buying cheap low-grade ore in order to be cost effective is slowly coming to an end with Chinese government has warned mills that they could face closure if they don't meet emission targets by October. The clamp down on pollution is expected to move higher which was initially at 10-15 % and which could move up to 50 % during the summer. So what China needs now and in the future will be more sophisticated ore, with higher iron and lower impurity content, it has pushed the Chinese market slowly to opt for higher grade iron ore which emits lesser pollution even though the margin cost is moving higher. In midst of trade war looming iron ore shaved away from the impending danger as other commodities are feeling the pinch of the trade war. The pricing for iron ore has been dramatic in the past few months and the miners in Brazil & Australia are racing up & revamping strategies to fulfill the Chinese market. Read the detailed analytical report of cover story on pg-34.
Cancel Anytime [ No Commitments ]
Digital Only
Sajjan Jindal's Pills For Steel Sector Ills
Making an impassioned cry for the entire steel industry to come forward and join hands to devise ways to increase steel consumption in India, Sajjan Jindal, Chairman of the JSW Group, recently said the USD 200-250 billion of investment that will be required to produce the 300 million tonnes (MnT) of steel by 2030 should be made in all “Make in India” equipment.
Galvanised Rails On Track To Be INR 1,400-CR Opportunity
If all goes well, Indian Railways (IR) could be having an INR 1,400-crore, 2 lakh tonnes per annum order for galvanised rails to offer one-and-half years down the line. And two leading producers of rail tracks in India, the Steel Authority of India (SAIL) and Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL), could be in the fray to bag the orders, it is learnt.
Crysteel Gazing
What lies in store for India's steel industry in 2020?
Are Indian Steel Makers Ready To Combat Arcelormittal's Arsenal?
Armed with deep pockets and the best available technology in its arsenal, the world’s largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, is all geared up to own and steer an operating 10-million tonnes per annum (MnTPA) steel plant in India, and a growing market that offers an attractive opportunity for steel firms with excess capacity from China, Japan and Korea (more so for the last two, owing to favorable trade agreements) to dump products unbridled at predatory prices
Construction Equipment Sector May See 40% Growth In Sales
The construction equipment industry can expect a 40% increase in sales in the near future on the back of huge government spending on infrastructure projects.
Acid Test
When it comes to spent pickle liquor, steel makers need to embrace innovative solutions to reduce environmental impact & increase efficiency
Stress On 'Scientific Mining': Odisha Mining Lease Area Cap Eased
But govt's decision keeps industry divided
Let's Get Carbon-Smart
Innovations are inevitable for the global steel industry to ride over the myriad challenges that the worldwide environmental crisis has thrown up. And almost all the ground-breaking innovations in steel technology have been geared towards confronting and mitigating the carbon challenge. The singular objective of disruptive technologies is to become, what has been aptly termed as “carbon smart”, by not just replacing fossil sources with natural gases for metals production but also recycling fossils and wastes to produce useful products at an industrial scale, thereby providing a huge fillip to the global circular economy. Steel360 turns the spotlight on three “green” technologies that are setting new benchmarks in the industry.
Loss Of Unreduced Slag Is A Direct Loss Of Iron
Improving EAF operations through monitoring and control of slag residence time
Auto Scrap Facility Draft Norms Drive Home ‘Green' Point
However, ambiguities keep stakeholders at crossroads
