Vicky A. Mathur : 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮
SteelRadar spoke with Vicky A. Mathur, Vice President of Supply Chain and Commercial Affairs at SteelAsia Global, about the latest developments in global steel markets. Mathur stated that tensions in the Middle East have doubled freight costs and pushed the industry into a new era where “the most reliable buyer, rather than the highest bidder,” is taking priority.
𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀?
I’m Vicky A. Mathur, currently Vice President – Global Supply Chain and Commercial at SteelAsia, the Philippines’ largest steel manufacturer.
I handle the complete raw material strategy, international trade, domestic scrap sourcing, and also our rebar exports. Right now, I’m managing this across five operating steel plants, and we are in an expansion phase. By Q4 2026, we’ll have a small and medium section mill coming up, followed by large section mills in 2027 and a wire rod mill by 2028. So overall, we’re looking at eight steel plants, four EAFs and four rolling mills across the Philippines.
-𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆? 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀?
- 𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀?
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