[SMM Steel]

Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), a subsidiary of Coal India, disposed of 413.5 tonnes of scrap against 850 tonnes identified for disposal during October 2–16 under Special Campaign 6. Iron scrap disposal on October 14 generated INR 2.21 crore. The initiative supports resource recovery and scrap recycling, although no direct impact on steel market prices or supply was reported.

India’s Coal Ministry has proposed amendments allowing suspension of coal and lignite mining operations for violations of approved mining plans. The draft rules provide for a 15-day show-cause notice in cases of continued non-compliance and require annual board-level compliance declarations. Authorities may suspend mining operations fully or partially if the response is unsatisfactory. The proposed measures could have implications for the coal supply chain linked to the steel industry, although their direct impact on coking coal availability and steel production remains uncertain.

The silicon steel line renovation project in the steelmaking plant south zone of Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy Co., Ltd. is located within the existing plant area of Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy Co., Ltd. in the port area of Fangchenggang. Construction scale and content: annual output of 3.4 million mt of slabs. The existing steelmaking production line in the south zone of the steelmaking plant will undergo technical renovation and operational optimization; the original two 150t LF ladle refining furnaces will be changed to one in operation and one on standby, the original No.1 continuous casting machine will be dismantled, and one RH furnace and its supporting public and auxiliary facilities will be built. At the same time, the existing No.2 and No.3 continuous casting machines and their supporting public and auxiliary facilities will undergo technical renovation and operational optimization to achieve continuous production of high-grade grain-oriented silicon steel and non-oriented silicon steel.