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Nearly 400 small- scale foundries stop production

Updated: The total production loss is estimated at ₹ 30 crore a day Share Article AAA Slow down: Workers resting at a foundry in Coimbatore that stopped production on Wednesday.   | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M The total production loss is estimated at ₹ 30 crore a day Nearly 400 small-scale foundries here stopped production on Wednesday demanding measures to control prices of raw materials. Pig iron, coke, and scrap are the main raw materials consumed at foundries. While prices of pig iron are up by more than 25 %, that of coke and scrap have increased by nearly 30 %, says Coimbatore Tiny and Small Foundry Owners’ Association (COSMAFAN) president A. Sivashanmuga Kumar.

Small foundries feel heat of rising material costs, to down shutters | Coimbatore News

COIMBATORE: Unable to cope with the rising raw material costs, small-scale foundries in the district have decided to shut operations and launch an indefinite strike from Wednesday. While the foundries were hit hard by the lockdown, the steep hike in raw material prices has worsened the situation, said president of Coimbatore Tiny and Small Foundry Owners Association (Cosmafan) A Sivashanmuga Kumar. “Price of raw materials has been increasing around the same time for the last four years. Along with the main raw materials like pig iron, scrap and coke, price of allied components has increased by 116%. On an average, raw material prices have increased by 26% since November,” he told reporters.

Small, tiny foundries in Coimbatore to go on strike from Dec 16

Small, tiny foundries in Coimbatore to go on strike from Dec 16
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Coimbatore small-scale industry owners to go on indefinite strike from Wednesday | Coimbatore News

The foundry owners sought the Centre s intervention to control the rising prices of raw materials. Speaking to journalists on Monday, A Sivashanmuga Kumar, president of Coimbatore Tiny and Small Foundry Owners Association (Cosmafan) said, “Most of the foundries are badly affected during the lockdown period and after a long struggle, it is only now we have started to increase the production. The raise in raw materials price has come as another blow to us.” Pointing out that the prices of the raw materials have been increasing around the same time since the last four years, he said, this year, along with the main raw materials allied components prices have also increased by 116%.

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