Out of 45,257.53 MT steel put up for auction, only 5,007.4 MT (11%) material was sold out which is also lower by 54% as against last auction considering equivalent quantity.
The base prices of billets for this auction by SAIL (BSP) was kept at INR 26,050-26,300/MT, which is down by INR 400-500/MT compared to previous auction held on 13th Jul'19 in which average base price was at INR 26,750/MT; ex-plant, Bhilai.
However only merchant mill product managed to get concluded by 100% in previous auction as major buyers was notified merchant re-rollers due to high grade advantage as the material was blast furnace grade.