India: Billet Prices Volatile in the Domestic Market

In the week opening, the billet manufacturers in the domestic market have slightly changed their prices. Today, the prices in East India fell up to INR 150/MT while in South & Western regions it rose by INR 400-500/MT.

Analyzing the price movement in raw materials, sponge prices uptick by INR 100-250/MT d-o-d across India except Central region where it is unaltered against last day trades.

The fresh offers for Induction furnace grade billet are as follow – at INR 25,200-25,400/MT (-50) ex-Raipur, INR 24,500-24,700/MT (-150) in Durgapur, INR 23900-24,000/MT (0) ex-Rourkela, INR 28,000-28,100/MT (-150) in Mandi Gobindgarh, INR 27,400/MT (+400) ex-Mumbai, INR 26,500/MT (+500) ex-Hyderabad & INR 27,100/MT (0) ex-Chennai.

A Durgapur based billet manufacturer quoted “The coming festival of Holi may put pressure on us as rolling mills operation in general is closed for at least 2 days. However, as prices of raw materials are strong & global outlook is positive, we are not looking any major changes either in demand as it will sustain or decrease gradually” he added.

Billet 6 Mar


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