India Steel Market Watch
November 2: India’s crude steel production in September 2015 fell 2.2% to 7.26 million tons (mt) over the August 2015 production level of 7.42 mt, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In September 2014, crude steel production was at 7.36 mt. This shows that crude steel production fell 1.4% year-on-year.
In April-September, production by integrated steel producers like SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, JSW, Essar and JSPL rose 3.1% year-on-year to 23.60 mt.
Production by other steel producers fell 1.5% to 21.46 mt in April-September.
Total crude steel production in April-September of 2015-16 was up 0.8% to 45.07 mt as against 44.70 mt in the same period last year.