India’s pig iron production decreased 1.3% in January 2016 to 780,000 tons from 790,000 tons in December 2015, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In January 2015, pig iron production was at 817,000 tons. This shows pig iron production fell 4.5% year-on-year.
In April-January 2015-16, pig iron production fell 0.6% to 7.98 million tons, down from 8.03 million tons in the same period last year.