KAMDHENU ISPAT LIMITED - Securities and Exchange Board of India
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III. Flat Products<br />
Flat products include slabs, plates, hot rolled sheets, hot rolled coil <strong>and</strong> strips. Flat products have applications in<br />
various domains such as:<br />
Architecture, Building <strong>and</strong><br />
Construction Oil & gas industries Ship Building Industry<br />
Automotive Power Generation, transmission Manufacture <strong>of</strong> LPG cylinders<br />
Chemical, processing Railway wagons Equipment Manufacturers <strong>and</strong> white goods<br />
The very nature <strong>of</strong> flat products <strong>and</strong> the industry segments in which it is applied makes it very volatile <strong>and</strong> prone to<br />
price <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> fluctuations. Industry segments like Automobiles <strong>and</strong> White Goods are very dependent <strong>and</strong><br />
directly proportional to prevailing economic conditions i.e. if the economy is in recession, these industry segments<br />
also go through declining sales <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>its. In the same way, they are in great dem<strong>and</strong> when the economy is on a<br />
bull run. <strong>India</strong> <strong>and</strong> China are prime examples <strong>of</strong> this phenomenon.<br />
IV. Long Products<br />
Introduction<br />
Long products are made by using billets <strong>and</strong> blooms. These include rods, bars, pipes, ropes, wires, angles, channels,<br />
<strong>and</strong> beams used by the housing/construction sector. Long products are made from mild steel that contains less than<br />
0.25% carbon. Then refined metal in molten form is solidified into billets. These billets are then re-rolled into long<br />
products like bars, <strong>and</strong> rods.<br />
Dem<strong>and</strong> for steel billets is directly linked with dem<strong>and</strong> for bars <strong>and</strong> wire rods. Most long products find use in<br />
infrastructure development – in the construction <strong>of</strong> roads, dams or housing. There is a growing dem<strong>and</strong> for long<br />
products given the thrust on developing infrastructure. Golden Quadrilateral, a project undertaken by GoI has pushed<br />
dem<strong>and</strong> for long products. Also, transportation is an important cost in the final delivery <strong>of</strong> long products.<br />
Dem<strong>and</strong> for long products is largely dependent on the development <strong>of</strong> infrastructure in a region. Economic growth <strong>of</strong><br />
the regions is dependent on the industrialization <strong>and</strong> urbanization trends in the region.<br />
Dem<strong>and</strong> for bars <strong>and</strong> rods rose from 9.483 Mn in FY02 to 11.41 Mn in FY05. As per CRIS INFAC, the domestic<br />
dem<strong>and</strong> is estimated to increase at 6% CAGR in FY06-10.<br />
Dem<strong>and</strong> Drivers<br />
As per CRIS INFAC, the dem<strong>and</strong> for long products is expected to be driven by buoyant construction activity. CRIS<br />
INFAC expects construction investment to increase by 11% over the tenth 5-year plan. Several projects with huge<br />
investment have been planned in more sectors. The key growth drivers for the construction industry will be housing,<br />
roads <strong>and</strong> bridges etc.<br />
Long Products: Dem<strong>and</strong><br />
(‘000 Bars <strong>and</strong> Growth Structurals Growth Railway Growth Growth<br />
tonnes) roads (per cent) (per cent) materials (per cent) Total (per cent)<br />
1990-91 5494 - 1719 - 569 - 7782 -<br />
1991-92 5699 3.7 1708 -1 652 14.6 8059 3.6<br />
1992-93 5559 -2.5 1926 13 597 -8.4 8062 0.3<br />
1993-94 5780 4.0 1925 0 590 -1.2 8295 2.6<br />
1994-95 6589 14.0 2062 7 587 -0.5 9238 11.4<br />
1995-96 7152 8.5 2422 17 594 1.2 10168 10.1<br />
1996-97 7619 6.5 2551 5 634 6.7 10804 6.3<br />
1997-98 7588 -0.4 2720 7 615 -2.9 10924 1.1<br />
1998-99 7756 2.2 2710 0 555 -9.9 11020 0.9<br />
1999-00 8407 8.4 2609 -4 562 1.3 11578 5.1<br />
2000-01 9268 10.2 2460 -6 614 9.3 12342 6.6<br />
2001-02 9483 2.3 2319 -6 703 14.4 12505 1.3<br />
2002-03 10263 8.2 2369 2 884 25.7 13516 8.1<br />
2003-04E<br />
E: Estimate<br />
10626 3.5 3041 28 929 5.1 14596 8.0<br />
Source: CRIS INFAC<br />
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