Domestic steel production up by 6.8% in Sept 2017: Report
23/10/2017 11:01
According to the official data, domestic crude steel production rose by 6.8 per cent to 8.39 million tonnes (mt) in September 2017 compared to 7.86 mt in the same month last year. Commenting on the issue, a JPC Official told the media, "During April-September 2017, crude steel production was 49.764 mt, a growth of 4.5 per cent over the same period of the last year." "SAIL, RINL, TSL, Essar, JSWL and JSPL together produced 28.438 mt. The country had produced 47.608 mt crude steel during the first six months of the preceding fiscal. Overall production of total finished steel for sale was at 8.814 mt, up by 5.6 per cent over September 2016. The production was down 0.2 per cent compared to August 2017,” he added. "Production of total finished steel for sale was at 52.079 mt during April-September 2017, a growth of 5.1 per cent over same period of last year," he further said
