Import curbs on Low Ash Metallurgical Coke raise steel prices in India: GTRI
Dec 26, 2025
"While the government protects domestic steelmakers through high safeguard and anti-dumping duties and Quality Control Orders on finished steel imports, it simultaneously restricts access to Low Ash Metallurgical Coke (LAM Coke), a non-substitutable input that accounts for 35-40% of steel production costs," the report said.