India’s finished steel production in July 2016 fell 7.8% to 7.52 million tons (mt) over the June 2016 production figure of 8.16 mt, the latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In July 2015, finished steel production was at 7.56 mt. This shows that finished steel production fell 0.5% year-on-year.
In April-July, 2016-17, finished steel production rose 6.1% to 32.02 mt from 30.19 mt a year ago. Production by SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, JSW, Essar and JSPL stood at 17.41 mt. Production by other steel producers fell 1.7% to 17.80 mt in April-July.