SteelMint: Rourkela sponge iron index falls slightly - 2 Apr

SteelMint's daily sponge iron, CDRI, index is assessed at INR 40,150/tonne (t) (- INR 50) exw Rourkela on 2 Apr'22.

About 2,700 t of transactions in CDRI were recorded by SteelMint today as against 3,000 t on 1 April.

Although the index fell, a sizeable volume of trade was heard concluded during the day.

Several deals were reported to Mandi Gobindgarh, Durgapur and Patna, SteelMint learnt from sources.

Rationale -

This index has been derived based on transactions, offers, bids and indicative price data sets. Transactions are considered as T1 and given a weightage of 50% whereas other data sets are considered as T2 and given a weightage of the balance 50%.

• Transactions (T1) - Six trades were recorded in the 11:30 am to 3:30 pm SteelMint trading window and considered for final price calculation as T1 inputs. Out of which three trades were recorded at INR 40,000/t, two deals at INR 40,300/t, and one at INR 40,200/t. The average price of these six transactions was INR 40,170/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  
• Other Price Indicators - bids/offers/indicative (T2) - Ten offers reported in the trading window and considered as T2 inputs. The average price of these ten was INR 40,125/t and given a 50% weightage in the final price calculation.
  
  

The final price for sponge CDRI exw Rourkela was at INR 40,148/t, rounded to INR 40,150/t exw.

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T1 - Trade, T2 - Offer/Bid/Indicative, *Normalized price as per methodology