Author: Rahul Shrivas
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India: Maintenance shutdowns at primary steel mills to curb rebar production in Aug’26, support prices
BF-route rebar output falls 2.2% y-o-y in H1’26 Higher IF output cushions supply, but primary steel demand stays firm India’s domestic long steel market is expected to remain firm over the coming weeks as planned maintenance shutdowns across major blast furnace (BF)-route integrated steel producers tighten primary steel availability. Several leading mills across the western,…