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Umang Agrawal

Iron Ore, Copper, Equities

Deep Fundamental Analysis

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The steel market is tightening fast: demand is running ahead of production, while higher coking coal costs strengthen the case for price hikes.</li>
<li>Export momentum is broadening mills’ demand pool, with Asian markets emerging as an increasingly important outlet for Indian steelmakers.</li>
<li>Imports are the catch: rising Chinese inflows could put a ceiling on domestic prices, limiting how far mills can push realizations.</li>
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The steel market is tightening fast: demand is running ahead of production, while higher coking coal costs strengthen the case for price hikes.
Export momentum is broadening mills’ demand pool, with Asian markets emerging as an increasingly important outlet for Indian steelmakers.
Imports are the catch: rising Chinese inflows could put a ceiling on domestic prices, limiting how far mills can push realizations.


India’s Steel Market Turns Constructive, With Imports Emerging as the Wildcard

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>BSE SENSEX represents the 30 largest stocks listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the Potential ADDs/DELs for the BSE SENSEX index for the December 2026 index rebal event.</li>
<li>As things stand, we see only one ADD/DEL but there are other names lurking close to the border.</li>
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BSE SENSEX represents the 30 largest stocks listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.
In this insight, we take a look at the Potential ADDs/DELs for the BSE SENSEX index for the December 2026 index rebal event.
As things stand, we see only one ADD/DEL but there are other names lurking close to the border.


Quiddity Leaderboard BSE ​​​​SENSEX Dec26: One Change Likely But Multiple Other Outcomes Possible

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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Read Business Not Stock Prices

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<li>Premium hard-coking-coal averaged about USD 236/ton FOB Australia in Jan–July 2026, up 25% year on year, as Australian disruptions, Chinese supply losses and Middle East freight risks tightened the market.</li>
<li>India imports the overwhelming majority of metallurgical coking coal used by blast-furnace mills. Every USD 10/ton rise in coal can add roughly USD 7–9/ton to steelmaking costs.</li>
<li>The near-term earnings risk is concentrated in blast-furnace producers with weaker pricing power. Longer term, India’s capacity expansion deepens coking-coal exposure unless domestic washing and blending improve materially.</li>
</ul>


Premium hard-coking-coal averaged about USD 236/ton FOB Australia in Jan–July 2026, up 25% year on year, as Australian disruptions, Chinese supply losses and Middle East freight risks tightened the market.
India imports the overwhelming majority of metallurgical coking coal used by blast-furnace mills. Every USD 10/ton rise in coal can add roughly USD 7–9/ton to steelmaking costs.
The near-term earnings risk is concentrated in blast-furnace producers with weaker pricing power. Longer term, India’s capacity expansion deepens coking-coal exposure unless domestic washing and blending improve materially.


How Rising Coking Coal Prices Impacting Indian Steel Producers?

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>JSW Steel has entered a 50:50 JV with Japan’s JFE Steel for its BPSL subsidiary, valuing the unit at an Enterprise Value (EV) of approximately Rs. 53,000 crore.</li>
<li>This deal frees up Rs. 37,250 crores to pay off debt, making the company financially stronger and funding its growth to 50 MTPA."</li>
<li>Investors should view this as a valuation-unlocking event that de-risks the balance sheet while retaining 50% exposure to one of India’s most efficient steel assets.</li>
</ul>


JSW Steel has entered a 50:50 JV with Japan’s JFE Steel for its BPSL subsidiary, valuing the unit at an Enterprise Value (EV) of approximately Rs. 53,000 crore.
This deal frees up Rs. 37,250 crores to pay off debt, making the company financially stronger and funding its growth to 50 MTPA."
Investors should view this as a valuation-unlocking event that de-risks the balance sheet while retaining 50% exposure to one of India’s most efficient steel assets.


JSW Steel: BPSL Deal to Provide near Term Deleveraging

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<li>China’s April 2025 rare earth curbs and API supply gaps have strengthened India’s role in specialty chemicals, pharma ingredients, solar modules, and EV components.</li>
<li>Indian players are winning multi-year contracts as global buyers diversify from China. PLI schemes, rare earth incentives, and DCR rules are adding policy support.</li>
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Waaree Energies, Divi’s Laboratories, and PI Industries offer differentiated exposure, with earnings visibility likely extending toFY28. This note maps the opportunity and its limits.</li>
</ul>


China’s April 2025 rare earth curbs and API supply gaps have strengthened India’s role in specialty chemicals, pharma ingredients, solar modules, and EV components.
Indian players are winning multi-year contracts as global buyers diversify from China. PLI schemes, rare earth incentives, and DCR rules are adding policy support.

Waaree Energies, Divi’s Laboratories, and PI Industries offer differentiated exposure, with earnings visibility likely extending toFY28. This note maps the opportunity and its limits.


China’s Supply Chain Squeeze: Mapping India’s Opportunity Across Four Critical Sectors

India

JSW Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel company. It manufactures and sells a wide range of steel products, including hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, and color-coated steel, as well as TMT bars, wire rods, and alloy steel products, serving various industries such as automotive, construction, and infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in 1982.

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JSW Steel (JSTL IN)

India’s Steel Market Turns Constructive, With Imports Emerging as the Wildcard

Consumption is leaving production behind in India’s steel market, with the widening gap adding fresh momentum to the price outlook.

Mint Finance

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE SENSEX Dec26: One Change Likely But Multiple Other Outcomes Possible

Our expected ADD and DEL could have more than 8x ADV to trade. More importantly, the ranks can still change before the end of the reference period...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

How Rising Coking Coal Prices Impacting Indian Steel Producers?

The headline is a 25% YoY rise in premium hard coking-coal prices during the first seven months of 2026. How this will impact the Indian steel...

Nimish Maheshwari

JSW Steel: BPSL Deal to Provide near Term Deleveraging

JSW Steel partners with JFE Steel in a 50:50 JV for BPSL, unlocking value, strengthening finances, and funding growth to 50 MTPA.

Sudarshan Bhandari

China’s Supply Chain Squeeze: Mapping India’s Opportunity Across Four Critical Sectors

China's rare earth curbs boost India's role in specialty chemicals, pharma, solar, and EV components. Indian firms secure contracts with policy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

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India’s Steel Market Turns Constructive, With Imports Emerging as the Wildcard

Consumption is leaving production behind in India’s steel market, with the widening gap adding fresh momentum to the price outlook.

Mint Finance

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE ​​​​SENSEX Dec26: One Change Likely But Multiple Other Outcomes Possible

Our expected ADD and DEL could have more than 8x ADV to trade. More importantly, the ranks can still change before the end of the reference period...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

How Rising Coking Coal Prices Impacting Indian Steel Producers?

The headline is a 25% YoY rise in premium hard coking-coal prices during the first seven months of 2026. How this will impact the Indian steel...

Nimish Maheshwari

JSW Steel: BPSL Deal to Provide near Term Deleveraging

​JSW Steel partners with JFE Steel in a 50:50 JV for BPSL, unlocking value, strengthening finances, and funding growth to 50 MTPA.

Sudarshan Bhandari

China’s Supply Chain Squeeze: Mapping India’s Opportunity Across Four Critical Sectors

​China's rare earth curbs boost India's role in specialty chemicals, pharma, solar, and EV components. Indian firms secure contracts with policy...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE SENSEX Dec26: One Change Likely But Multiple Other Outcomes Possible

JSW Steel partners with JFE Steel in a 50:50 JV for BPSL, unlocking value, strengthening finances, and funding growth to 50 MTPA.

China's rare earth curbs boost India's role in specialty chemicals, pharma, solar, and EV components. Indian firms secure contracts with policy...