"Today we have 18 mt installed capacity which is 15 per cent of the national steel manufacturing capacity of 128 mt. If the country builds 300 mt capacity by 2030, we would like to plan accordingly to maintain our 15 per cent share, which will be 40-45 mt," JSW Steel joint managing director & group CFO Seshagiri Rao told PTI.
The national steel policy envisages to increase installed capacity to 300 mt by 2030 from the current 128 mt.
Claiming that his company has one of the lowest cost per tonne, Rao said, "to set up a greenfield steel project today it costs Rs 6,000-7,000 crore per million tonne. But we spend only almost half of this at Rs 3,000-3,500 crore per mt. So, that is the kind of capex we will require to create an incremental 22 mt capacity."
Commenting on the government seeking suggestions from the industry over anti-dumping duty imposed last year, Rao said the duty generally is a medium term for five years.
"We have made a request to commerce and steel ministries that anti-dumping duty reference price be fixed only for the investigation period 2015-16 as during that period, steel price and cost of production were different than what it is today," Rao said.
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