India Steel Market Watch
December 10: Dolomite imports through the southern port of Vizag were at 353 tons in November 2015 against 903 tons in October, showing a sharp drop of 60.91% month-on-month, according to provisional data available with ISMW.
The volumes over the past two months have been scant and there were no imports of the material from August – September, 2015 while in July these stood at 1,854 tons, showing a somewhat erratic trend.
In October, all the consignments arrived from Vietnam in a price band of Rs 6,141 – 6,483 ($94-99) per ton.
There were no imports of the material from May-June, 2015 while July 2015 saw the entire volume arriving from Vietnam at a price band of Rs 6,556- 6,652 ($102-104) per ton.