India Steel Market Watch
December 28: Handling of iron and steel by Haldia port (Haldia Dock Complex) stood at 46,000 tons in November 2015, showing a fall of 28.13% from 64,000 tons handled in October 2015, as per provisional data from port sources available with ISMW.
However, during the first eight months (April-November) of 2015-16, iron and steel handling by this port stood at 399,000 tons, showing a sharp rise of 107.81% from 192,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.
Meanwhile, handling of iron and steel by the port in November 2014 stood at 15,000 tons, which shows that handling was sharply up 206.67% y-o-y.