Hot metal, DRI dominant in India’s steelmaking metallic mix in FY’25

India’s crude steel production increased by 6% y-o-y to 152 million tonnes (mnt) in FY’25, with the blast furnace (BF)-basic oxygen furnace (BOF) route contributing 63 mnt (41%). Induction furnace (IF) mills produced 57 mnt (38%), while the remaining 32 mnt (21%) came from the electric arc furnace (EAF) route. As such, IF-EAF units (59%) continued to dominate Indias crude steel production matrix.