India’s finished steel production in March 2016 rose 9.6% to 7.96 million tons (mt) over February 2016 production figure of 7.27 mt, the latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In March 2015, finished steel production was at 7.70 mt. This shows that finished steel production rose 3.4% year-on-year.
In April-March 2015-16, finished steel production fell 1.9% to 90.39 mt from 92.15 mt a year ago. Production by SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, JSW, Essar and JSPL rose 2.6% year-on-year at 48.04 mt. Production by other steel producers’ fell 5.9% to 50.70 mt in April-March.