|EEB PROJECT |November 7 |
| |2008 |
| | |
TOPIC: STEEL INDUSTRY
CONTENT
HISTORY
1) BEGINNING OF STEEL INDUSTRY
RECENT MARKET DEVLOPMENT
1) Steel consumption
2) Steel trade
3) Crude steel production
GLOBAL SENARIO
DOMESTIC SENARIO
PRODUCTION
DEMAND- AVAILABILITY PROJECTION
STEEL PRICE
IMPORT OF IRON & STEEL
EXPORT OF IRON & STEEL
LEVIES ON IRON & STEEL
OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH OF IRON & STEEL IN PRIVATE SECTOR
1) The New Industrial Policy Regime
2) The growth profile:
i) Steel
ii) Pig iron
GLOBAL STEEL DEMAND POISED TO GROW ALONG GDP
History of Iron & Steel industry
The history of steel making in India can be traced back to 400 BC when the Greek emperors used to recruit Indian archers for their army who used arrows tipped with steel. Many more evidences are there of Indians’ perfect knowledge of steel making long before the advent of Christ. Archaeological finds in Mesopotamia and Egypt testify to the fact that use of iron, steel was known to humanity for more than six thousand years, and that some of the best products were made in India. Among the widely known relics is the Iron Pillar near Qutab Minar in Delhi. The pillar, built between 350 and 380 AD, did not rust so far -----an engineering marvel that baffles the scientists even today. Y ...