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Akhil Jain Nikhil Srivastava Shibi Singh Gaharwar Akshay Rathod Ankit Aggarwal Himanshu Sirohi
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1. Industry Perspective: ................................................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Size of Industry ..................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Employment: ...................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Growth over the years ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.4 Acquisition over the years .................................................................................................................. 5 1.5 Major Players in the Industry ............................................................................................................. 5 1.6 Foreign Player in Indian market: ...................................................................................................... 6 1.7 Commodity prices of Steel movement: .............................................................................................. 7 1.8 Dumping: ............................................................................................................................................ 7 2. Macro-Economic variables affecting the industry ................................................................................. 8 2.1 GDP/Economic Growth: .................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Inflation: ........................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Government Policies/Liberalization: ................................................................................................13 2.4 Environmental Concerns: ................................................................................................................ 18 2.5 Availability of raw materials: ........................................................................................................... 18 2.6 Flow of money and tax measures : .................................................................................................. 22 2.7 Growth of complementary Sectors:-................................................................................................ 24 2.8 Labour skilfulness and availability:- ................................................................................................26 2.9 FDI/FII in Indian steel industry:......................................................................................................28 3. SWOT Analysis of Indian Steel Industry:...............................................................................................31 4. Future Prospect ...................................................................................................................................... 32 4.1 Steel Demand in Rural Markets: ...................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Exports Opportunities: .................................................................................................................... 34 4.2 Development of New Technology: .................................................................................................. 36 5. Conclusions: ........................................................................................................................................... 39 6. References:- ........................................................................................................................................... 40
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India's Steel Industry has a history of more than a century. Before the liberalization, the Indian steel industry was a predominantly synchronized one with the public sector industry. Tata Steel was the only major private player involved in the production of steel. SAIL and Tata Steel have been the major steel industries of India. The liberalization of the India economy directed to the opening up of many steel industries, consequently, increased production capacity. Since 1990, a huge investment has been made into the industry. From 1997 to 2001 when the overall global steel industry was facing a depression, Indian Steel Industry also went through a rough phase but improved after 2002. India has now emerged as one of the largest producers of steel in the entire world. Almost all varieties of steel are now being produced in the country. India has also emerged as a net exporter of steel and Indian steel is being increasingly accepted in the global market.
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The total employment in the industry is more than two million (including direct and indirect employment). Most of the Steel plants are situated in economically backward regions of the country. Therefore, Steel companies have contributed to the overall development of civic, medical, educational and other facilities in these regions. Since non-executives recruitments are carried out mainly on regional level, a large number of SCs/STs and other weaker section of the society get the benefit of employment in SAIL. For jobs of temporary & intermittent nature, generally contractors deploy workmen from the local areas, which again provide an opportunity for employment of local candidates of economically weaker section. Establishment of steel plants in economically backward areas has given a fillip to the economic activities thus benefiting the support population providing different types of services. Over the years, a large group of ancillary industries has also developed in the vicinity of Steel Plants. This has created opportunities for local unemployed persons for jobs and development of entrepreneurship.
PSU
SAIL RINL NMDC MOIL Ltd MECON KIOCL
No. Of employees(31.12.2010)
113403 17900 5902 6676 1851 1349
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expansion plans. For example, AreclorMIttal & POSCO have planned mega Greenfield projects at many locations of India. Additionally few other global players have entered into strategic partnerships or joint ventures with the Indian Steel majors to capitalize on existing on the existing client base in the region. Global Perceptive: Steel Industry is a booming industry in the whole world. The increasing demand for it was mainly generated by the development projects that have been going on along the world, especially the infrastructural works and real estate projects that has been on the boom around the developing countries. Steel Industry was recently dominated by the US but this picture is changing with a rapid pace with the Indian steel companies on an acquisition spree.
Production of crude steel (in Mn tonnes): Public Sector 16.714 Private Sector 48.161 Total 64.875 Percentage share of Public sector 26%
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Public sector players: Steel Authority of India Ltd(SAIL) -- market leader public sector company in the sector Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) NMDC Ltd. MIOL Ltd MSTC Ltd Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd. (HSCL) KIOCL Ltd Bird Group Of Companies (BGC) Private sector Player: TATA Steel Ltd. Private sector market leader ESSAR Steel Ltd. MUKAND LTD. Sun flag Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. JSW Steel Bhushan Steel Ltd.
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Commodity Futures markets are prominent parts of the global financial economy. Futures trading have been an important agency in the way the financial economy has grown to its contemporary form. My role in the project includes investigating the role of commodity futures markets in the financial economy and discusses its theoretical understanding in light of the trading practices in these futures markets. The focus of our research has been maintained on steel futures traded on a commodity exchange. The result of the limited research that has been done in the short duration of 1 month brings forth the uncertainty of investor behavior and challenges the market oriented idea of rational investors as proposed by the theory of futures trading. Our research focuses on the importance of commodity futures markets and the role they play in commodity price stabilization. The proponents of futures markets argue about the importance of futures markets based on the factors like price discovery and price stability. Price discovery and price stability parameters are only partly true in any given derivative market and, therefore, show the weakness in the theoretical argument in favour of commodity futures markets. Derivative trading in steel has been chosen as the commodity futures in focus due to the inherent steel price instability and its latest introduction as a commodity to be traded on the futures market. Steel demand has been growing continuously in the developing economies and any sudden price fluctuations creates detrimental effects in the production process within these economies, as they heavily depend on steel for infrastructural growth. So, steel futures might create a condition of further price fluctuations due to speculative activity and thus can prove to be harmful for the producers and consumers of the emerging economies. These producers and consumers lack the capability to accommodate with the problems of over-production and sudden price rise, impacting the aggregate demand and supply which often has been observed to be imbalanced.
1.8 Dumping:
Many nations are accused of this heinous crime on a day to day basis. Though legally speaking dumping is not a crime as per WTO, which surely does not encourage it but at the same time permits this activity. Things get stranger when China comes into picture.
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Well what really is dumping? Dumping is exporting a product to another nation at a price below normal value. Now that raises another question: what is this normal value? It is a price that the exporting nation charges in its domestic market (or an approximation thereof). Now we see why dumping is discouraged. Firstly it comes under the classification of predatory pricing. Secondly and more importantly it distorts the domestic market of the importing nation. It is allowed on the name of free market. Under GATT, nations can take action against dumping so that the final value of the foreign product in their market is close to normal value of the dumped product at home. Authorities investigate such cases and impose punishment that is valid for roughly/generally a term of 5 years. The incidence of these cases is maximum in two obvious nations. Argentina being one and the other being INDIA. Finally we come to the astounding bit. China is not granted a "Market Economy Status" by the EU. For now the perplexing question arises: when cases of dumping come up against China, how do we calculate the normal value of Chinese product. To do so, an analogue market is chosen, i.e. the normal value is calculated for that domestic market. Antidumping and Indian steel industry: Against India cases: Thailand to impose antidumping duty on Indian steel products EU to discontinue anti-dumping duty on Indian steel wires Cases by India: India imposes anti-dumping duties on stainless steel from abroad Anti dumping duty on Chinese tyre and steel
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new steel mills, acquisition of global scale capacities by players, continuous modernization and upgradation of older plants, improving energy efficiency and backward integration into global raw material sources. Global steel giants from across the world have shown interest in the industry due to its phenomenal performance. For instance - the crude steel production in India registered a year-on-year growth of 6.4% in 2010 and reached 66.8 Million Metric Tons. Indian crude steel production will grow at a CAGR of around 10% during 2010-2013. Moreover, with the government proactive incentive plans to boost economic growth by injecting funds in various industries, such as construction, infrastructure, automobile, and power will drive the steel industry in future. The report also reveals that, steel consumption in India is expected to grow significantly in coming years as per capita finished steel consumption is far less than its regional counterparts. According to government estimates, the Iron and Steel Industry contributes around 2 per cent of GDP. Indian steel industry has travelled a long journey from having a negligible global presence to a globally acknowledged industry for its product quality.
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2.2 Inflation:
High inflation has severely hit the Steel Industry. High inflationary rates have caused slowdown in the sector. Automobile industry and construction industry have been the major consumers of steel commodities. Slowdown in these industries has further hit the steel industry adversely. Recent policy rate hike by 25 basis points, the 12th in the series since March 2010 has forced the commercial banks to pay more while borrowing from RBI. Inflation in August rose to 9.78%, the highest in 13 months compelling RBI to increase the rate to 8.25%.
Construction Industry: Experts of construction and real estate industry sense that the current rate hike and the anticipation of another round of hike in the coming months is likely to blow down the demand for new houses and the availability of loans in India. Many new housing projects are on hold and many key construction companies have slowed down their activity in the market. According to the construction firms in the country, the bookings for the new flats have gone down in the last few months. It is becoming very difficult for builders to find source of capital to construct flats because banks are not providing
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loans easily as they used to do earlier. Moreover, the number of late payments and defaults has also gone up in the last months. Automobile Industry: This industry has also been hit by weak demand. The number of new vehicle orders has gone down drastically. Even before the festive season demand is not that high as it used to be. Key players like Tata and Maruti are also facing a similar problem. Less demand of vehicle is leading to a nodiscounts season which further discourages people from buying the vehicles. Many smaller manufacturers have already considered cutting down the new production units and are planning to manufacture less number of vehicles of different models. According to the experts of automobile industry, the competition in the Indian automobile industry has grown fierce, especially in the family car segment. Every player wants to develop cheap, good looking fuel efficient car. On the other side, increased loan rates and surging fuel cost have demotivated customers from buying cars. All this, when coupled with each other, land the automobile industry in deep troubles in coming months. This overall scenario explains the impact of hike in cost of borrowings on the profitability, investment and growth of many companies which are dependent on Steel directly or indirectly. The global recession like outlook has added the remaining fears in the investment sector as well. Few effects of inflation are: Sellers market results in deterioration of the quality of goods produced. Give impetus to speculative activities. Most serious: disrupts the smooth functioning of the price mechanism. Wage & Salary Earners: wages do not rise proportionally with rise in cost of living. If they are well organized in trade unions, they may not suffer much.
Unemployment:
The demand for goods and services and a return on investment are drivers of machine of capitalism. If people are unemployed, production of goods and provision of services falls off, and simultaneously, the people who are unemployed lack the wherewithal to purchase goods and services. People who still have money, investors, are reluctant to invest any money in the production of goods or the provision of services because when production and consumption are down, there is no opportunity to get a return on the investment.
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The ability of government to provide for people is also seriously compromised. When there is high unemployment, people pay less in income taxes and also pay less in sales taxes because they purchase fewer goods and services. This leads to less in the way of public services, which includes everything from police and fire protection to the staffing for the municipal swimming pool and rubbish pickup. Effects of Unemployment: -Low economic growth. -A loss of production and output because those who are unemployed are not able to add towards GDP. -A misallocation of resources this occurs because those who are employed will have the burden of paying for the unemployed. This in time will result in a fall in living standards. -A decline in labor market skills because those who are persistently unemployed will lose valuable skills. -A cost to the government for the simple reason that the government must fund the unemployed increasing its budget deficit. -High unemployment means there is an excess supply of jobs. This means that employers can more easily find labor and are less likely to increase wages to attract workers.
Unemployment
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So, we can observe that Unemployment, Inflation and Low economic growth are related to each other and affect the Indian steel industry adversely.
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Policy. Substantial Private Investments flowed in with the consequent change indicating a new beginning for the interplay of free market enterprises in the vital sector. Industrial and Trade Policy Resolutions in 1991 with regard to the Steel industry Exempted from industrial license system Abolition of price controls Liberalizing conditions for FDIs Liberalization of imports and exports Lowering tariff level If we compare both pre and post liberalization era with the concern of Steel Industry, there are many interesting and significant structural changes occurred. The Steel Market of India has been changed from a Seller to a Buyer market, at the consumer or demand end. The excessive control exercised by Government has been replaced by healthy Competition from private players. The price control by Government i.e. administered price has been replaced by Supply-Demand market driven prices. The structure of Indian Steel Industry was significantly changed with the advent of private sectors using World Class technologies and thus capacities have further improved in post liberalization era.
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There has been a shift towards the selection of the product mix. For example, private players like TISCO were mainly confined to the production of long products. The only producer of hot hot-rolled rolled flat products was SAIL in public sector. Now including TATA St Steel, eel, there are 5 main producers of flat products of Steel in private sector. With the liberalisation phase, there has been a clear focus on state-of-art art technology. The new technologies like Corex Thin Slab Casting and Compact Strip Mill Technology, DC Electric Arc Furnaces, Twin Shells AC EAFs etc have been providing extra edge to Indian Steel Industry. The focus of industry changes from mass production to Consumer Satisfaction and Outstanding Quality of steel products in the competitive environment. Indian Steel has been highly accepted in international markets. The Indian steel industry, with the annual production of about 1 mt in 1947 i.e. at the time of our independence, has come long way to reach the production of about 66 mt in 2010-11. 11. The ste steel el industry is presenting promising future growth as major players in the industry have announced their plans for significant investments in mounting their capacities. Remarkable development of the steel industry with active participation of private sector and integration of India steel industry with the global steel industry has also induced the government to come up with a National Steel Policy in 2005. An all new policy framework, The National Steel Policy 2005 was drafted with the aim of establishing ro roadmap admap and framework for the development of the steel industry. The policy visualizes steel production to reach at 110 mt by 2019-20 20 with annual growth rate of 7.3 percent. As later sections will show these expectations are not excessively high. With increasing asing requirement for huge investments in the industry private sectors role would be critical in the expansion of the steel industry. As it appears, steel industry will continue to be dominated by a few large players and the
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industry will remain oligopolistic as it is internationally. The share of fixed cost to total cost for selective steel producers in India is very high making it prone to increasing returns to scale and the consequent market structure. The key players like TISCO, public sector entities, POSCO, Jindals, Essar, and Arcelor-Mittal will be among the major players accounting for the bulk of the 100 plus million tons of production in the future. Recent Major Initiatives by Ministry of Steel:
National Steel Policy 2005 is under review and the process for drafting a 'National Steel Vision' has since been initiated Five year strategy paper has been prepared for promotion of Steel sector in the country. A policy paper on R&D has also been prepared with special focus on beneficiation, coal ash reduction and promotion of production of high grade value added Steel in the country. New techno-economic bench marks have been evolved on International pattern for improvement in performance of Steel PSUs. Sevottam Compliant Citizen's Charter has been evolved and included in the Result Framework Document (RFD) of the Ministry. In order to enhance financial powers of SAIL Board, the Government conferred 'Maharatna' status on SAIL in May 2010. The Government conferred 'Navratna' status on RINL in November 2010 to enable the Company to become globally competitive. International Coal Ventures Limited (ICVL), a Special Purpose Vehicle, with equity participation to an extent of ` 3500 crore by SAIL, RINL, Coal India Ltd, NMDC and NTPC Ltd. for acquisition of metallurgical and thermal coal assets abroad has been incorporated. ICVL will function like a Navratna company (with powers to clear proposals involving investment of up to ` 1,500 Crore). ICVL is assisted by a panel of investment bankers on acquisition of coal assets abroad through equity purchase, JVs in existing mines or Greenfield projects in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Mozambique, Russia and USA. A MoU was signed between ICVL and the Provincial Governor of Kalimantan, Indonesia on 25th January, 2011 envisaging direct allocation of mineral resources in the Province for ICVL. 8.38% of the total government equity in NMDC was offered for sale through FPO. The entire proceeds from the offer for sale totalling ` 9930.42 crore has been deposited in the government account. Disinvestment of 10% Government of Indias shareholdings in MOIL has been completed. The Government earned ` 618.76 crore by disinvestment of MOIL. The Government has also decided to disinvest 10% of its shareholding in SAIL and for raising of 10% of additional equity by SAIL, in two discrete tranches. Each
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tranche will consist of 5% raising of fresh equity capital by SAIL and 5% disinvestment of Government of Indias share. The process has since commenced. In order to encourage R&D activities in iron & steel sector, Ministry of Steel is providing financial assistance from Steel Development Fund (SDF) and Plan Fund. 64 research projects initiated by public and private undertakings, research laboratories, educational and other promotional institutions have so far been approved at a cost of ` 442 crore during 2010, of which the SDF component is ` 278 crore. So far 31 projects have been completed and 24 research projects are underway. ` 118 crore was allocated from Plan Fund during the 11th five year plan for promotion of R & D in steel sector. Under this scheme 8 R& D projects have been approved with Plan fund of ` 111 crore. For ensuring quality of Steel, seven items such as galvanised sheet, steel wire for pre-stressed concrete etc. have been brought under a quality control order issued by the Government. The matter to bring more steel items under this order is under examination.
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There is a rapid increase in population and economic development has led to harsh environmental deprivation that undermines the environmental resource base upon which sustainable development depends. The economics of environmental pollution, depletion and degradation of resources has in fact been neglected as compared to the issues of growth and expansion. India has been no exclusion to this global trend, rather the trends of environmental deterioration in India, because of the substantial increase in its population, has been far more prominent as compared to other developing economies. Major Environmental Issues concerning Indian Steel Industry: Selection of plant site-effect on neighborhood, ecology and communication facilities. Space for water treatment & recycling, solid waste disposal. Pollution control measures-Pollution cannot be completely eliminated- only levels can be reduced. Up to 15% cost of capital equipment is being incurred on pollution control devices. Obtain clearances by State Govt. & other Govt. agencies (viz. pollution control board, forest deptts. etc) and Central Govt.
Indian government has started a strict and rigid policy framework for protecting the environment. All projects found violating the guidelines given by Ministry of Environment, has been either removed or restricted. Recently Indias biggest direct foreign investment project has been by South Korean Firm got itself in a controversial position. The main concern was the environmental impact of the project. And then minister of environment did not approve the project. But, a huge and controversial steel plant got the go ahead from the Indian environment ministry, despite years of fierce opposition from local campaigners who claim that the lives of tens of thousands of villagers will be destroyed along with swathes of forest and coastline.
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compared to its position a quarter of centuries ago clearly outlines the improvement of these factors of production. Now we are into highly competitive and superior products. The infras infrastructure tructure problems have hindered other growth yet our products today can be found in the most advanced markets and in no way are inferior or sub-quality. quality. Not to undermine these achievements in any form, the glaring fact today still is that the operational p performance erformance in our case falls way short of that of the best of advanced nations; in majority of cases. The problems that mar our plants are high energy consumption, nominal Research and development, high material consumption, low efficacy, low labour produ productivity, out graded technology to name a few.
Graph of per capita steel consumption This industry needs efficient raw material base with enough supportive infrastructures. India today enjoys a leading position due to its raw material base but unless other ther related sectors show an equally and much needed growth this advantage will slowly turn to zilch. The entry of China as a global player and the exponential rise in prices of raw material like iron ore and coking coal have consequently increased the im importance of supply and possession ossession of raw material. The gaping question now is whether we develop our own resources or import at cheaper price from elsewhere and whether we export our high quality iron ore or use is for domestic production. The technology used to produce steel plays a major role in need of raw material. Major r raw materials to be considered are: Iron ore Coking Coal Non-coking coal Raw Materials for Ferro Ferro-alloy Industry
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Iron ore: India has got an initial advantage of having huge resources of iron ore the main raw material required in the production of steel. But the question is whether we reserve this for our domestic use and for attracting investment into the country or we export it and earn profit in the short run. The estimates for long term predict the resources to last for 20 to 40 as per different estimates. Alos the prodtion is more in from of fine than in lumps while the technology used in our country uses lumps, thereby creating a mismatch. The exports consequently are more in form of fines. The need is to upgrade the technology to the use of fines. As of today the production is driven by rising exports. Then there is the policy of granting captive mines to provide a constant supply of raw material in the country. These gives a competitive advantage to a few players over others. Further the tight demand of iron ore in the international market gives these a current cost advantage. The other issue with iron ore is that most f the mines are ecologically sensitive area hence there is a problem in their exploitation for industrial means. The major silver lining is that the government is serious about maintaining the competitive advantage and has set up several committees to look after it.
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Coking coal: The picture here is quite dismal with all the projection leading to the inevitable conclusion that the supply of coking coal is very short. The quality of coking coal a very major input in the steel industry is quite low for our domestic production. We have major dependenc dependence e issues on imported coal. The suppliers have a strong bargaining advantage; hence we end up paying higher prices. High import volumes need good ports, rail and road infrastructure which need to be developed. Further few plants are far away from ports whic which h complicates matter. Non Coking coal: The country has large reserves of non coking coal and a number sponge iron units are coming up due to the cost competitiveness of technologies based on
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non-coking coal. More than 80% of the total reserve of coal in our nation is noncoking coal reserves. Though the grade of coal that the SI are getting are inferior D, E and F instead of B and C. Raw Materials for Ferro-alloy Industry: The steel industry development leads to demand of inputs such as ferroalloys. The major minerals needed are manganese ore and chrome ore. A major input for utilization of these ore is cheap electricity which is not always available in area where these are found. Power: Electric steel making is curbed due to very high rates of electricity in this country; but things look better with a huge number of power projects underway currently Also technology that use the power efficiently need to be developed for lower input costs Labour: A source of major competitive advantage when it comes to cheap labor availability lies in favor of India. The productivity of older plants has been a major problem due to high number of workers being employed in peripheral activities. But these are being resolved through schemes like voluntary retirement. Further training and development are need to reduce the low productivity. Though most of the newer plants have overcome these problems, our nation is yet to come up with own solution. Capital costs: Another major shortcoming has been the high rate of capital. Need for strong government policy to neutralize this is felt throughout the industry. The best solution is the right and well thought use of capital for projects as well as for maintenance. Infrastructure: The infrastructure is grossly short of what is needed by the steel industry. The costs of transportation are humungous and hit at both the ends; carrying in input and carting out outputs. Ports need to be further developed and the turnaround time must be increased.
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Tax measures: Export tax has been introduced on specific iron and steel products so as to achieve and increase in supply in domestic market. Predating this was the Rs.300 per 50 tonnes tax rate; which has been fixed to 15% flat. This is to deal with saving the resources for the nation considering the growth of our GDP and future projection of our need; though some have reported excess stock accumulation due to these restrictions. Further there have been proposal of exemption of certain companies from paying these taxes. Duty Entitled Pass Book was restored form 14th Nov, 2008 and 5% import duty on iron and non-alloy steel was re-imposed from 18th Nov., 2008. Central Value Added Tax was reduced to 8% for steel products from 24th Feb.,2009. Countervailing duty on Thermo Mechanically Treated bars and structural was reintroduced from 02 Feb.2009.
2.7 Growth of complementary Sectors:Construction materials and equipment sector accounts for approximately 8.6% of Indias GDP and accounts for nearly two-third of the total construction costs on an average. The share of construction materials in project costs ranges from 40-60% and the corresponding cost for construction equipment ranges from 5 to 25%. Steel forms a major part of the construction industry. Unlike cement where almost 100% of Cement production is consumed in construction only 40 60% of steel production goes into Construction. The Indian steel industry ranks fifth in the world with crude steel production of 55.1 MT in calendar year 2008 up from 19.3 T in 1994. The steel production has grown at a CAGR of 7.8% over the same time frame. The share of India in global crude steel production has increased from 2.7% in 1994 to 4.1% in 2008. The structure of the Indian steel industry comprises of primary producers, secondary producers and small scale stand-alone processors, with an estimated installed capacity of 57 MTPA, comprising primary producers (20.7 MTPA), secondary producers (11.5 MTPA), and others (24.6 MTPA). During 2007, there were an estimated 970 induction furnaces (IFs) working in the country in the secondary sector with the maximum located in Punjab (119 units), Uttar Pradesh (107), Maharashtra (73), Gujarat (62), Orissa (57), and West Bengal (43). There are also an estimated 39 working EAFs in the secondary sector. The apparent consumption of finished steel in India has increased from 25.1 MT in 1999-2000 to 54.7 MT in 2008-09 at a CAGR of 9%.
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The construction sector accounted for around 45% of Indias steel consumption during FY2008. Other major user sectors include machinery manufacturing and engineering (30%), steel units (18%) comprising CR/GP/GC and tube units, automotive (4%), and consumer durables (2%).
Steel & Tube unit, 18% Machinery & equipments 30% Automotive 4% Construction 45 %
It is estimated that the growth in India's steel consumption will primarily be fuelled by demand for construction projects worth Rs 45-50 trillion4. The scope for raising the total consumption of steel is huge, given that per capita finished steel consumption is only 44 kg compared to approximately 180 kg across the world and 320 kg in China. The National Steel Policy has a target for taking steel production up to 110 MT by 201920. Nonetheless, with the current rate of on-going Greenfield and Brownfield projects, the Ministry of Steel has projected Indias steel capacity is expected to touch 124.06 MT by 201112. India's steel capacity is likely to be 293 MT by 2020. An investment worth Rs. 8.8 trillion is likely to go into the steel sector by the end of the year 2025. Thus, steel boosts all these complementary sectors and plays a key role in the construction industry which forms the backbone of every country. The investment for a steel plant is huge as generally, steel plants involve townships and thereby leading to the advancement of various sectors of that region. Also, the railways is one more sector which involves investment of 180,000 INR (Public) and 120,000 INR (Private) for construction purposes as per Planning Commission
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Working Group Report on Construction for the 11th Five Year Plan. Most of this investment will require steel as the basic raw material.
2.8 Labour Skillfulness and Availability:S.no 1.a 1.b 1.c Category Construction material Construction equipment Manpower Detailed requirements:Materials (major) 2.a 2.b 2.c 2.d 2.e 2.f 2.g 2.h Cement Steel Manpower Engineers Technicians Support staff Skilled workers Unskilled/semiskilled workers 381 million tonnes 150 million tonnes 92 million man years 3.72 million man years 4.32 million man years 3.65 million man years 23.35 million man years 56.96 million man years Details Rs. 495,000 Cr. Rs. 180,000 Cr. Rs. 108,000 Cr.
These resources would be required under the 11th Five Year Plan for the above mentioned investments. It is, therefore essential, that necessary measures be taken to prepare the industry to meet this challenge. As per Cement Manufacturers Association of India, ASI, IMaCS analysis the steel industry employs 0.50 million of employees which is nearly 44% of the total people employed in the construction sector (Construction sector includes cement industry (0.14 million employees and constructionequipment sector employs the rest percentage of employees)). This shows how critical it is for this sector to have skilled employees. Major Regions of Employment Concentration: In the steel segment we see that for over 50% of the total number of personnel engaged in the segment.
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The zones are defined as: North: Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi South: Tamil Nadu, Andhra Prad Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka East: Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh West: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Goa, Rajasthan, North East: Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland
North 14.7% West 11.5% South 20.5% East 52.5% North East 0.8%
Source: NSDC (National skill development corporation) HR & skill requirement report
In the Steel Segment the distribution of personnel engaged in the core operations of casting and hot rolling (on the shop shop-floor) floor) as well as the proportion of personnel engaged in the sales /marketing of finished products is as below. Others in the table below includes personnel engaged in all other operations at steel units, such as mining, raw material processing, iron manufacturing, liquid
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Steel manufacturing and cold rolling, across all functions (i.e. manufacturing, procurement, R&D, support functions, etc.).
The details of functional distribution are as below:
Functional distribution of human resources in the Steel Segment (Manufacture of Finished products):Function Production, QA, R&D Technical Services / Industrial Engineering Purchase, Logistics, Stores Support functions (HR, Finance, etc.) Distribution 40-45% 25-30% 10-12% 12-15%
Profile of people employed:The following figures illustrate the profile of people employed in the Steel Segment across various Categories:i.) Manager: -Grad engg / PGs with 7-8 yrs experience / diploma engg with 10-12 yrs experience + metallurgy background
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Supervisor: - Diploma engineers with 3-4 yrs experience; Some ITI-trained personnel with experience Workmen: - ITIs / below 12th with /without experience
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Promotion of foreign direct investment forms an integral part of Indias economic policies. Foreign direct investment helps in accelerating economic growth by way of infusion of capital, technology and modern management practices. The Department of steel has put in place a liberal and transparent foreign investment regime where most activities are opened to foreign investment on automatic route. According to department of industrial policy and promotion, the FDI inflow in India between the year 2000 and 2011 was approximately US$133000 million. Of this US$4286 million was attracted by Metallurgical industries. Of the Total FDI inflow of Rs88520 crore in the year 2010-11, the metallurgical industry attracted an FDI of Rs.5055 crores. This is about 5.7% of the FDI inflow.
External Commercial Borrowings: ECB is an instrument used in India by Indian corporations and PSUs to access to foreign money. ECBs include commercial bank loans, buyers' credit, suppliers' credit, securitized instruments such as Floating Rate Notes and Fixed Rate Bonds etc., credit from official export credit agencies and commercial borrowings from the private sector window of Multilateral Financial Institutions such as International Finance Corporation (Washington), ADB, AFIC, CDC, etc.
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demand will grow at a considerably higher annual average rate of 10.2% as compared to around 7% growth achieved between 1991-92 and 2005-06. 4. India has necessary resources and capabilities to become a global supplier of quality steel. Also there exists ample market opportunities in the neighboring regions of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Recognizing this potential, the National Steel Policy, 2005 has estimated an annual growth of around 13% in export of steel in the next decade and a half. 5. There are many technological developments, which have been commercialized abroad to reap the benefits in both equipments and processes. However, these are yet to be adopted widely in India. The Indian Steel Industry has to come forward and adopt these technologies on priority basis to make their products competitive internationally.
The focus of National steel policy 2005 is to achieve global competiveness not only in terms of cost, quality and product mix but also in terms of global benchmarks of efficiency and productivity. It aims at indigenous production of over 100 million tonnes by the year 2019-20. In the year 2009-10 the production has reached levels of 50 million tonnes. In order to achieve the goal of 110 million tonnes by 2019, the industry needs additional capital to the extent of Rs.2, 30,000 crore. However the cost of capital in India is one of the highest in the world at about 11% p.a. Therefore, In such a scenario Foreign direct investment is expected to play a major role. So the FDI would be encouraged in the steel sector. National steel Policy 2005 also recommends periodic review of External commercial borrowing norms to facilitate smooth inflow in debt and to bring down the cost of capital. This would help FIIs to invest in Indian steel companies through a route different from FDI. Investments in Complementary sectors: Apart from huge investment required in the steel sector, associated industries also require investments so that they can serve the sectors wells. According to planning commission report on 11th five year plan the investment required in complementary sectors in these 5 years is as follows: Mining : Iron Ore: Rs11800 crore Coal: Rs.2700 crore Power : Rs.12,500 crore
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country (India is the sixth largest producer of iron ore and the tenth largest producer of crude steel in the world) Availability of huge man power Low Labor wages major cost advantage Developed production base
Weaknesses:
Poor technology being used in mining work Dependence on other countries for coking coal Low R&D investment by the government and private players Inadequate Infrastructure in the country High cost of capital Labor productivity in India is still very low. (According to an estimate crude steel output at the biggest Indian steelmaker is roughly 144 tones per worker per year, whereas in Western Europe the figure is around 600 tones.)
Opportunities:
Huge and growing domestic demand Consolidation of small players into a big producer Exports Unexplored Rural market which provides a huge platform for production as well as consumption.
Threats:
Demand Volatility Threats of substitute (Plastic, Aluminum etc.) Technological changes Price war Tough competition from China Protection policies in Western countries
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4. Future Prospect
To increase the rural demand for steel SAIL has taken following steps:
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Distribution network of SAIL was expanded by establishing Warehouses at seven new locations during April 2008 March 2009. During April-September 2009 marketing network was further expanded by appointing two Customer Contact Officers and opening two new Warehouses. With this, SAIL's marketing network has expanded to 37Branch Sales Offices, 26 Customer Contact offices and 67 Warehouses as on 1st January, 2010. SAIL has the widest network of branches and warehouses in the country among steel producers, which helps it in meeting requirements of wide range of customers at their doorstep in time. SAIL has also expanded its dealer network extensively. As on 1st January, 2010, SAIL had 1963 dealers in 599districts. Items of mass consumption like Rebars and Galvanized Sheets, required by common man are being sold through district dealers. Incentive schemes have been introduced by the company to encourage dealers to perform consistently and promote SAIL steel. SAIL held its first dealer award ceremony "Gaurav Samman" during April 2008 at Bangalore for the year2007-08 and second ceremony in May 2009 at Goa to reward well performing dealers based on their performance of 2008-09. SAIL is regularly holding Dealer meets, architects meets and masons meets along with its dealers for promotion of SAIL steel. During April-December 2009, 55 dealer meets, 17 architects meets and 8 mason meets have been held. SAIL released two directories during 22nd National Steel Consumer Council meet held on October 4, 2008 at Delhi consisting of details of SAIL Dealer Network and SAIL Warehouse Network and distributed them among council members to increase awareness about SAIL outlets. Technical presentations are made from time to time to project customers for launching new products like corrosion resistant / earth quake resistant TMT Bars for construction and rock bolt bars for tunneling. SAIL has undertaken various promotional activities to promote sales through dealers. Some of them are given below: Wall Paintings done at various locations including interior areas. Broadcast of radio jingles on FM radio. Product brochures/technical literature given to the dealers for distributing among customers. Promotional items (calendars/pens/key chains/T Shirts/Bags etc.) were distributed by dealers among customers.
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Advertisement of dealers in print media/dealer details also updated on the SAIL website. SAIL Maximum Retail Price (MRRP) is prominently displayed at all dealer shops and also regularly updated on SAIL website. Incentive schemes have been introduced by the company to encourage dealers to perform consistently and promote SAIL steel. Participation in fairs and exhibitions highlighting various usages of steel. SAIL advertisement was released on train tickets and on few major trains like Shatabdi for building brand awareness.
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regulate the mining industry so it can bring transparency into the system and help steel industry to grow rapidly.
Million Ton
5.3 5.2 5.1 5 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 4.774 4.918 4.787 5.1 5.187 Million Ton
Source : http://www.cci.gov.in/ Customs Policy The government has significantly reduced the duty payable on inputs to steel production, on capital equipment and on finished steel products and has streamlined the associated approvals processes. The government administers schemes covering duties, licenses and taxes to support firms that export steel, although some (for example, the Duty Entitlement Passbook Scheme and Duty Free Replenishment Certificate) have the net effect of remitting duty in excess of what was levied on the inputs to the production of the export goods (OECD 2006d) and are potentially subject to challenge in trade forums.
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Special Economic Zones (SEZs) The government introduced special economic zones in June 2005, with the aim of creating internationally competitive regions in which exporting businesses can base their operations. Previously existing Export Processing Zones (EPZ) have been converted to special economic zones. Steel plants operating in special economic zones are not subject to restrictive normal laws for the purpose of export operations and also receive some additional advantages including tax holidays, freedom to source inputs domestically or externally without any specific approval or duty payable, and sales tax reimbursement on domestic purchases. However, the proposed new economic zones will be relatively small, which may limit their effectiveness given that economies of scale are one of the key advantages of such zone. It is estimated that world steel consumption will double in next 25 years. Quality improvement of Indian steel combined with its low cost advantages will definitely help in substantial gain in export market.
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Some of the technologies, which are being used by some developed countries and can be brought to India, can help in improving productivity of steel sector. Some of these techniques are as follows: Blast Furnace Optimization via Modeling Blast Furnace Optimization via Improved Analytical Techniques CO2 Abatement and Alternative Iron making Processes Suspension Reduction of iron Ore Concentrates Using Hydrogen Molten Oxide Electrolysis Paired Straight Hearth Furnace Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) and Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Steelmaking Optimization of Post Combustion in the BOF and EAF Optical Sensors for Prediction of Carbon and Temperature in BOF and EAF Furnaces Laser Contouring System Rolling Mill Operations Hot Strip Mill Model Sustainable Steelmaking Using Biomass and Waste Oxides Geological Sequestration of CO2 by Hydrous Carbonate Formation with Reclaimed Slag
Some these technologies can enter into the industry very quickly, e.g. Laser contouring of vessels and CFD modeling. Others, such as Alternative Iron making, take longer. These are very high risk, capital intensive technologies that may take many years to become commercially viable, and some may not become commercial at all. Still, high risk research is highly valuable and much knowledge can be gained. This know-how can be rapidly transferred to the shop floor. Steel industry should continuously try to develop new steelmaking technologies.
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caking properties directly into furnace without going through the process of making coke. Blending of hard and poor grades of coking coals has become a necessity, Coking coal is not available in the required quantity and steel manufacturers have to import them. The National Steel Policy sets out the Indian Governments vision for the future of the steel industry. The central goal is the creation of an industry with 110 million tones of capacity and 100 million tones of production by 2019-20 implying an average growth in production of nearly 7 per cent a year. The Indian Ministry of Steel estimates that achieving this goal will require major technology upgrades at existing facilities.
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Since independence, India has practiced stable growth in the steel industry, thanks in part to the successive governments that have supported the industry and made efforts for its healthy development. Further illustrating this plan is the fact that a number of steel plants were established in India, with technological assistance and investments by foreign countries. In 1991, a substantial number of economic reforms were introduced by the Indian government. These reforms boosted the development process of a number of industries - the steel industry in India in particular - which has subsequently developed quite rapidly. Indias steel industry is in a transitory stage. Yet, it is one which is seeing exceptional growth thanks to the overall expansion of the economy. It is also witnessing the injection of foreign investment. The overall growth projection of the steel-consuming industries of India and Korea is pretty optimistic. Much the same is true of Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. In such circumstances, India is bound to witness huge investments in its steel industry and see unprecedented competition in the race for control over essential raw materials, namely, iron ore, chrome ore and coal. New technologies always have the power to entirely change the way goods are being produced by any industry. The same thing is happening in steel industry. Being one of the most energy hungry industries, new technologies are providing a great help to reduce its energy consumption. New technologies also helping the industry to improve the quality of steel produced in India, which is eventually helping in increasing exports of steel. Presently Indian steel manufacturers are adopting most of the technologies from developed nations, but instead of adopting it from other countries they need to start focusing more on Research and Development and try to develop their own technologies. But few macroeconomic variables like inflation and unemployment have adversely affected the growth of Indian steel industry. Inflation disrupts the smooth functioning of the price mechanism; increased loan rates and surging fuel have also discourages customers from buying steel made products. All this is causing a deep trouble for steel industry. Unemployment on the other hand is responsible for low economic growth; loss of production and output because those who are unemployed are not able to add towards GDP. On the positive side, considering the present position of Indias steel industry it is quite clear that India has the potential to become global steel player. Huge iron ore reserve is the greatest advantage to the industry. Industry just need to utilize its expertise and should try to exploit the resources it has. Export opportunities are increasing as some of the steel producers in India are the most efficient producer of steel at world level and as global competition is increasing only the efficient players can survive in it. Governments positive support, such as formation of SEZ and relaxation in taxes, is also helping industry to grow rapidly.
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6. References:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Ministry of Steel (India) website competition commission of India website Indian Business Equity Foundation website SAIL Annual Report TATA Steel Annual Report Economic survey and IIT-R e-library.
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