How Steel Sector Is Coping With Corona: Industry Views

To stop the pandemic on its vicious path, the nation has been put under extended lockdown. While steel industry has been barely able to function under such a constraints, absence of workers or logistical support are creating roadblock. In this issue we continue to seek important insights from the key players in this sector on how they are bravely facing up to the challenge.

How do you see the current situation evolving and impacting the industry as a whole?

During this pressing time when the whole world in under an economic shock and all industries are facing equally analogous issues, steel industry is no exception. The industry is facing turmoil in terms of raw materials availability, supply disruptions and demand fluctuations. There has been a drastic decline in the consumption pattern during this pandemic and every industry has faced the wrath of it.

In this testing time, Calderys stands strong with its customers providing them with the right set of refractory solutions to meet the production bottlenecks and uncertain demand. We believe that the government is playing a vital role to contain this pandemic and bring back normalcy in operations to improve the consumption cycle and boost the economy.

What could be your business continuity plans?

We have our ears on the ground listening to all problems, pain areas and requirement our customers’ post lockdown and have already chalked out a contingency plan to help them return to normalcy in their production operations. The Lockdown has helped us buy some time from our busy schedule to ponder on improvement programs, technological up-gradation and also increased our appetite to take risks by accepting innovative home-grown solutions for age-old traditional problems.