India Steel Market Watch
November 2: India’s finished steel production in September 2015 remained unchanged at 7.16 million tons (mt) over the August production figure of 7.16 mt, the latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In September 2014, finished steel production was at 7.34 mt. This shows that finished steel production fell 2.4% year-on-year.
In April-September, 2015, finished steel production fell 0.7% to 45.53 mt from 45.86 mt a year ago. Production by SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, JSW, Essar and JSPL rose 0.8% year-on-year to 23.21 mt. Production by other steel producers’ fell 2% to 26.46 mt in April-September.