NEW DELHI, Nov 11: A seven-day breakdown at its Dolvi plant pulled JSW Steel’s crude steel production down by 2 per cent to 10.46 lakh tonnes (LT) in October.
The company, India’s third largest steel maker, had produced 10.62 LT crude steel in the same month a year ago, JSW Steel said in a statement today.
“The crude steel production was lower due to planned shutdown of blast furnace at Dolvi for about seven days during October 2014,” the company said.
The Sajjan Jindal-led firm has steel plants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra with a combined installed capacity of 143 LT a year. Dolvi plant in Maharashtra has an annual 33 LT steel production capacity.
The company said during October, the production of flat products, used mainly into automotive sector, was down by 5 per cent to 8.28 LT from 8.67 MT in October last year.
Production of long products, used in the construction sector, was, however, rose by 3 per cent to 1.53 LT from 1.49 LT a year earlier. (PTI)
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