New Delhi: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel on Wednesday reported its highest-ever monthly crude steel production at 13.48 lakh tonnes (LT) in May.
This was 16 per cent higher than the crude steel output of 11.62 LT in May 2015, JSW Steel said in a filing to the BSE.
“JSW Steel reports highest-ever monthly crude steel production for May 2016 at 13.48 lakh tonnes showing growth of 16 per cent over the corresponding month of previous year,” it said.
The production of flat-rolled products rose 7 per cent to 9.30 LT last month.
Long-rolled products manufacturing surged 22 per cent at 2.98 LT in May as against 2.44 LT in the corresponding period a year ago.
JSW Steel, part of the diversified JSW Group, is a leading integrated steel company with an installed steel-making capacity of 18 million tonnes per annum.