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28 Ausgabe Eins 200828 Issue One 2008  Why has India‘s steel consumption re- mained so low? The critical reason is absence of good infrastructure. But things are changing rapidly. Consider how, for almost fifty years since its independ- ence in 1947, the country saw the creation of just around 334 miles of new 4-lane roads. However, ten years ago, the government em- barked on the Golden Quadrilateral network creating around 3,625 miles of 4- and 6-lane highways. It is over 95% complete, and connects its 4 largest cities: Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. Moreover, another 2,000 km of four- and six-lane highways and half a dozen new airports and runways is now being created. Highways and bridges cause more steel to be used, and will also allow for more cars, trucks and buses. All this has begun accel- erating the creation of new towns, with their Why not earlier? Railway network Water Roads and highways Energy Telecommunication Ports Airports 100 200 300 4000 Planned infrastructur investment by 2012 in billion USD *Costs of the National Highway Development Programme through 2015 Source: DB Research attendant demands for urban infrastructure (more roads, bridges, buildings, sewage and water systems etc), pushing up demand for more steel. In fact, almost 200 million people are expected to migrate from villages to newly formed towns along these highways over the next 15-20 years. It could become the world‘s biggest migra- tion ever in history. This is bound to make India‘s steel consumption profile change. Currently, infrastructure accounts for much of steel consumption. And this is likely to be so for the next five to ten years. Gradually, as roads and vehicles multiply, the country is bound to opt for more flat steel consump- tion which goes in to the manufacturing of white goods. Intern. Flughafen Seehafen fertig gestellt im Bau geplant Kolkata Haldia Paradip Nagpur Indore Mumbai Porbandar Kandia Delhi Srinagar Amritsar Marmagoa Mangalore Chennai Hyderabad Vishakapatnam Analysis Progress National Highway Development Program Intern. airport Sea port Completed Under implementation Balance for award Kolkata Haldia Paradip Nagpur Indore Mumbai Porbandar Kandia Delhi Srinagar Amritsar Marmagoa Mangalore Chennai Hyderabad Vishakapatnam Name of company Heavy & medium comm. vehicles Light comm. vehicles Tata Motors 185,090 151,500 Ashok Leyland 83,100 450 Mahindra & Mahindra — 52,240 Mahindra Nissan — 1,430 Force Motors — 7,530 Eicher Motors 19,140 8,860 Total 287,330 222,010 Commercial vehicle production in India (business year 06/07) Country roads 2,650,000 80% District roads 470,000 14% State Highways 128,000 4% National Highways 65,590 2% including: single lane roads 21,674 33% 2-lane roads 36,936 56% 4-/6-/8-lame highways 7,980 12% India‘s dense highways network in km Source: DB Research Source: Evaluation of business reports Illustration:Rentzsch

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