South India, with consolidated steelmaking capacity of around 42 million tonnes (mnt) spread across six states, has witnessed a shift in ferrous scrap sourcing patterns in early 2025 compared to earlier years. While imports from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) dominated in 2022-24, East and Southeast Asia supplied the lion’s share (37.5%, 0.21 mnt) in the first quarter of this year. Parallelly, the US and UK provided only 19.6% (0.11 mnt) of imports.
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