Tata Steel Ltd.

Tata Steel, the world's seventh-largest steelmaker sales from its Indian operations fell 1% in the July-September period to 1.65 million tonnes. The Indian operations account for about a quarter of the group's total annual global capacity of about 28 million tonnes, which includes unit Corus, Europe's second-largest steelmaker.Sales of flat products, used in cars and consumer goods, rose 3% from a year ago, but details about sales of long-steel products, used mostly in construction industry were not disclosed.The company's crude steel production in India stood at 1.74 million tonnes for the quarter, up 1%.