Iron ore supply from NMDC’s Chhattisgarh Bailadila mines remained mostly stable on monthly premises. NMDC dispatched 263 rakes in Jun’16 compared to 272 rakes in May’16.
Within state based units procured 56 rakes in Jun’16 against 62 rakes in May’16. In the month of Jun’16, NMDC (C.G.) had cut prices by INR 180-230/MT M-o-M in Jun’16 which kept buying interest of Chhattisgarh based units intact.
Outside Chhattisgarh based units sourced 157 rakes of iron ore in Jun’16. JSW Steel, Dolvi which has remained a major buyer from NMDC Chhattisgarh did not source a single iron ore rake in Jun’16. It had procured 32 iron ore rakes in May’16. The steel giant was seen sourcing ore from Odisha amid cost effectiveness.
Vizag Steel’s iron ore sourcing moved up by 19% M-o-M in Jun’16. Its sourcing increased from 124 rakes in May’16 to 147 in Jun’16.
Iron ore rake movement for export remained firm on monthly basis. NMDC supplied 50 rakes for export in Jun’16 compared to 51 rakes in May’16.
NMDC (C.G.) iron ore rake movement : Jun’16 vs May’16
|
Movement |
May’16 |
Jun’16 |
|
| NMDC(CG) to CG based Plant | SKS Ispat | 9 | 5 |
| Shivalay Ispat & Power Pvt Ltd | 3 | 3 | |
| Aarti Sponge & Power Ltd | 2 | 3 | |
| Bhagwati Power Steel | 2 | 3 | |
| Shri Nakoda Ispat Ltd | 4 | 3 | |
| Drolia Electrosteel Ltd | 1 | 3 | |
| Gopal Sponge | 2 | 3 | |
| Vaswani Industries | 3 | 3 | |
| API Ispat & Power | 4 | 2 | |
| Shilpy Steels Pvt Ltd | 1 | 2 | |
| Vandana Global Ltd | 6 | 2 | |
| G.R.Sponge & Power Ltd. | 2 | 2 | |
| Ghankun Steel Pvt. Ltd. | 2 | 2 | |
| N R Sponge | – | 2 | |
| Hi Tech Power Steel | 2 | 2 | |
| Rashmi Sponge Iron & Power Ltd | 2 | 2 | |
| Real Ispat & Power Ltd | 1 | 2 | |
| Mahendra Sponge & Power Ltd | 1 | 2 | |
| Monnet Ispat & Energy Ltd | 4 | 2 | |
| Topworth Steel & Power Pvt Ltd | – | 1 | |
| Sri Hare Krishna Sponge Iron Ltd | – | 1 | |
| Agrawal Sponge Ltd. | 2 | 1 | |
| Shree Sita Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd. | – | 1 | |
| Sunil Sponge | 1 | 1 | |
| Shri Bajrang Power & Ispat | 2 | 1 | |
| Gagan Resources Pvt Ltd | 1 | 1 | |
| Gopani Iron & Power Ltd. | – | 1 | |
| Grace Industries | 1 | – | |
| Devi Iron & Power Ltd | 3 | – | |
| Public | 1 | – | |
| Total | 62 | 56 | |
| NMDC(C.G.) to Others State | Rastriya Ispat Nigam Ltd | 124 | 147 |
| Steel Exchange India Ltd | 1 | 4 | |
| Public | – | 3 | |
| Maha Maya | 2 | 2 | |
| Cement Corporation Of India | – | 1 | |
| JSW Steel, Dolvi | 32 | – | |
| Total | 159 | 157 | |
| Export | 51 | 50 | |
| Grand Total | 272 | 263 | |
Each rake carries approximately 3,850 MT iron ore
Excluding Essar Steel’s movement through slurry pipeline
Source: SteelMint Research, Railways

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