India’s finished steel production in August 2016 rose 16.7% to 8.77 million tons (mt) over the July 2016 production figure of 7.52 mt, the latest provisional steel ministry data showed.
In August 2015, finished steel production was at 7.356 mt. This shows that finished steel production rose 19.3% year-on-year.
In April-August, 2016-17, finished steel production rose 8.7% to 40.80 mt from 37.54 mt a year ago. Production by SAIL, RINL, Tata Steel, JSW, Essar and JSPL stood at 22.61 mt. Production by other steel producers fell 1.4% to 22.25 mt in April-August, 2016.