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Update on Steel - May 2021

India’s crude and finished steel production and consumption during May 2021 was significantly higher than the corresponding month of last year due to low base effect, but was lower than those during earlier years...

Jun 17 2021 |

Update on Coal - April 2021

India’s coal production reported a marginal fall in the second half of FY21 as against a sharp fall in production in the first half…

Jun 11 2021 |

Update on Gold Prices - May 2021

Gold has come back into favour and we have seen the price reach $ 1850 mark last month. This report analyses how interest rates, currencies and crypto currency all helped to make this happen...

Jun 02 2021 |

Update on Steel - April 2021

India’s steel production and consumption saw exponential growth of 141.7% and 516.4, respectively in April 2021 compared with April 2020…

May 21 2021 |

Update on Prices of Non-ferrous Metals

The report explains the bull run in metal prices driven by a combination of higher demand and supply constraints...

May 13 2021 |

Review of Gold Prices and Demand

International gold prices inched up to a monthly average of USD 1,761 per troy ounce in April 2021 after softening to USD 1,808 a troy ounce in February 2021 and then to USD 1,718 per troy ounce, the weakest since June 2020, in March 2021...

May 07 2021 |

Update on Steel Industry FY21 and Outlook FY22

In FY22, crude steel production is expected to reach 112-114 million tonnes, which would be a growth of 8-9% yoy. The crude steel production is expected to be marginally higher than FY19 when India produced nearly 111 million tonnes of crude steel...

Apr 22 2021 |

Gold Prices and Demand in FY21

International gold prices (daily average) surged 24.7% YoY in FY21, higher than the 16% YoY growth in FY20. The primary reason for this surge during FY21 was the sudden outbreak of Covid-19 across the globe...

Apr 06 2021 |

Update on Zinc Industry - 10MFY21

World zinc concentrate production fell by a sharp 5.9% in Calendar Year (CY) 2020 as Covid-19 pandemic restricted mining operations in several countries...

Apr 01 2021 |

Impact of Rise in Steel Prices

After a slight dip in February 2021 domestic steel prices recovered in March 2021 and are expected to remain elevated over the coming months on the back of higher international steel and iron ore prices...

Mar 30 2021 |

Update on Coal Industry 11M FY21

Domestic coal production in February 2021 fell by 6.1% from a year earlier to 67.5 mt, logging second straight month of yoy fall. The fall in output in February 2021 was mainly due to high base effect (12% yoy growth in February 2020) as well as high level of coal Inventories with both coal producers and power plants...

Mar 25 2021 |

Update on Steel Industry - February 2021

Domestic crude steel production is likely to be about 102 million tonnes and de-growth estimated to be around 7% yoy...

Mar 11 2021 |

Update on Gold for February 2021

The rise in interest rates and low liquidity created pressures on the international gold prices during February 2021...

Mar 02 2021 |

Update on Steel Industry - February 2021

Domestic consumption of finished steel has outpaced production for third straight month ended January 2021, giving way to imports...

Feb 24 2021 |

Update on Copper Industry for 9M FY21

Refined copper production fell by a sharp 24.4% to 231.7 thousand tonnes during Apr-Dec FY21 compared with Apr- Dec FY20. Overall domestic refined copper production fell sharply by 39.5% y-o-y in Q1FY21 impacted by the lockdown which brought business activities to a sudden halt...

Feb 18 2021 |

Update on Aluminium Industry - February 2021

Primary aluminum production was not impacted much compared to other metals and fell by just 2.9% during Apr-Dec FY21 as compared to Apr-Dec FY20...

Feb 09 2021 |

Update on Gold for January 2021

Gold was among the best performing assets in CY2020 soaring 27.3% in CY2020. Its volatility during the year was also higher at 12.5% (annualised volatility), the highest in past 7 years...

Feb 03 2021 |

Steel Update - December 2020

India's finished steel consumption grew by 5.7% in December 2020 when compared with December 2019. This was the third consecutive month when steel consumption grew on a y-o-y basis...

Jan 21 2021 |