New Delhi: SAIL expects the West Asia crisis to have a marginal impact on its steel prices and is establishing alternative shipping routes to ensure uninterrupted supply of raw material from the region, said SAIL chairman Ashok Panda.The company buys raw material, such as limestone, from Dubai."So far as SAIL is concerned, we will have some impact with respect to the fluxes, limestone, etc, which we are buying from Dubai. So, the CFR (cost and freight) cost is going to go up, because it was around $23-24, now it will be around $35," he said, adding that overall, in sellable steel, its impact will be hardly ₹100 or ₹200.Panda said in times of crisis, availability of raw material is crucial rather than their cost for uninterrupted operations, and that SAIL is working towards tying up with parties to secure larger quantities from West Asia through diverted routes. "It is more of a raw material security than a price increase. We are working towards tying up with parties to get more quantities from the Middle East through diverted routes," he said.