Indian Steel Association seeks govt intervention to check coking coal price

13 Jun 2022 Evaluate

Indian Steel Association (ISA) has sought the government's immediate intervention to check coking coal price, which has grown three-fold to around USD 450 a tonne. Alok Sahay, Secretary-General of Indian Steel Association, said coking coal prices is something, which is impacting the industry drastically and the production cost is impacted, affecting the steel prices. He said the price of coking coal used to be in the range of USD 120-130 per tonne around a year back.

He added in March 2022, coking coal prices had peaked at about USD 670 per tonne. He said at the current price range the cost of coking coal alone in steel making is around Rs 28,000 to Rs 30,000 per tonne, which works to about 40-45 per cent of the production cost. Besides, there are other input materials like iron ore, ferroalloys, logistics, fuel costs and other fixed costs.

Further, he noted that when crude oil prices go up, prices of petrol and diesel also go up, impacting the entire supply chain. Similarly, steel prices also rise in line with increasing coking coal rates. Coking coal and iron ore are the two key raw materials used in steel making. While iron ore is domestically available, for coking coal, India needs to remain dependent on imports. The country meets 85 per cent of its coking coal requirement through imports, mainly from Australia.

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