India Steel Market Watch
December 28: Handling of limestone by Haldia port (Haldia Dock Complex) stood at 187,000 tons in November 2015, showing a sharp rise of 367.50% from 40,000 tons handled in October 2015, as per provisional data from port sources available with ISMW.
Similarly, during the first eight months (April-November) of 2015-16, limestone handling by this port stood at 947,000 tons, showing a fall of 12.72% from 1,085,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.
Likewise, handling of limestone by the port in November 2014 stood at 144,000 tons, which shows that handling was up 29.86% y-o-y.