Steel 360 - September 2021

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Most of the major mills announced their first quarter (Q1FY'22)
performance some time back. Steel360, while checking out their
performance in terms of crude steel output, domestic and export sales,
and EBIDTA, realised that almost all the biggies being reviewed saw their
Q1 production dip q-o-q. Also, domestic sales took a hit because of the
second wave of the pandemic that swept right through the first quarter
(Q1). Consequently, their export performance was good although poorer
compared to the same period last fiscal.
However, coming back to the present, there is not much scope of steel
prices increasing further in the short term since exports are a bother at
present. Europe quotas have been exhausted, and exports prospects to
Vietnam and South East Asia are bleak at present because of the surge
in Covid’s second wave. In a ripple effect, domestic steel prices will likely
correct. On the domestic front, traders feel prices will correct and that
mills may reduce their list prices or give trade-level discounts.