Higher crude steel production
*Higher crude steel production: Sponge iron production increased due to the significant surge of around 11% in domestic crude steel production to nearly 138 mnt in CY’23. Notably, production from the IF-EAF route increased by 13% to 77.06 mnt in CY’23 from 67.68 mnt in CY’22. The IF-based steel producers, as well as EAF players, are …