LohaLink Market Insights & Steel Intelligence
Independent analysis of Indian scrap and steel pricing, grading practice, GST and policy, and the shift to greener secondary steel — written for yards, foundries and mills that trade every day.
HMS Scrap Price Outlook: What Is Moving Indian Rates in 2026
Infrastructure demand, imported offer levels and monsoon-hit collection are pulling HMS 1 in three directions at once. Here is how to read the daily print.
Grading in the Field: Telling HMS 1 from HMS 2 Before You Pay
A practical inspection checklist for buyers and yard supervisors — thickness, contamination, bulk density and the four rejections worth walking away from.
GST on Scrap Metal in India: Rates, RCM and the Paperwork That Matters
Ferrous scrap sits at 18% under HSN 7204, dolomite at 5%. What changes for unregistered purchases, e-way bills and input credit — explained without jargon.
Sponge Iron Procurement: Metallisation, Fines and Landed Cost
Why an 82% metallisation lot at a lower rate can cost more than an 86% lot, and how to structure DRI contracts around yield rather than headline price.
Green Steel Starts in the Scrap Yard
Every tonne of scrap melted instead of ore avoids roughly 1.5 tonnes of CO2. Why organised scrap sourcing is India's cheapest decarbonisation lever.
Supplying India's Emerging Foundry Hubs
Rajkot, Coimbatore, Hyderabad and Nagpur are growing faster than their local scrap generation. That gap is the single biggest opportunity for yards.
How AI Vision Grading Cuts Quality Disputes
Photographic grade analysis at listing time, weight validation at both ends, and a 48-hour resolution window — the anatomy of a dispute-free trade.
Escrow vs 30-Day Credit: Pricing Payment Risk Honestly
Credit is not free — it is a discount you pay in working capital and bad debt. A frank comparison of settlement structures in the Indian scrap trade.
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Benchmarked daily ex-yard prices for HMS, cast iron, sponge iron, billets, TMT and dolomite across every major Indian steel hub.
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