India’s pig iron production increased 0.8% in March 2016 to 797,000 tons from 791,000 tons in February 2016, latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In March 2015, pig iron production was at 823,000 tons. This shows pig iron production fell 3.2% year-on-year.
In April-March 2015-16, pig iron production fell 0.6% to 9.63 million tons (mt), down from 9.69 mt in the same period last year.