JSW Steel Ltd.

JSW Steel reported a 15 per cent increase in crude steel production to 5.99 lakh tonnes (LT) in July this year from 5.20 LT in the corresponding year-ago period. The production in July, 2011, would have been higher had the suspension and transportation of mining of iron ore not been there. During the month, JSW had to cut production by 35 per cent due to the ban imposed by the Supreme Court on July 29 on iron ore mining in Karnataka’s Bellary district.

The company completed installation of the fourth blast furnace and sinter plant at its Vijayanagar plant on July 20 as part of a 3.2 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) expansion project and the units are undergoing trial runs, the statement said. Post-commissioning, the Vijayanagar plant now has a total steel production capacity of 10 MTPA.crackcrack