India Steel Market Watch
December 9: Handling of steel by Haldia port (Haldia Dock Complex) stood at 64,000 tons in October 2015, down 34.69% from 98,000 tons handled in September this year, as per provisional data available with ISMW.
Steel handling by the port in October 2014 stood at 43,000 tons, which shows that handling in October this year was 48.84% up y-o-y.
Meanwhile, handling of steel by the port during the first seven months of 2015-16 (April- October) stood at 353,000 tons against 177,000 tons handled in the same period of 2014-15.