India’s pig iron production increased 0.6% in February 2016 to 791,000 tons from 786,000 tons in January 2016, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In February 2015, pig iron production was at 842,000 tons. This shows pig iron production fell 6% year-on-year.
In April-February, 2015-16, pig iron production fell 0.4% to 8.83 million tons, down from 8.87 million tons in the same period last year.