Tata Sponge Iron today reported an over two-fold jump in its consolidated net profit at ₹ 16.06 crore for the quarter ended September 30.
The company, an associate firm of Tata Steel, had clocked a net profit of ₹ 5.70 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a BSE filing.
Total consolidated income of the company, however, fell by 8 per cent to ₹ 153.55 crore in the July-September quarter from ₹ 167.51 crore during the same quarter in 2015-16.
Its total expenses were lower at ₹139.88 crore from ₹169.50 crore earlier.
Tata Sponge is a coal-based merchant sponge iron producer and operates three rotary kilns with an installed capacity of 3,90,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) to produce sponge iron.
Published on October 21, 2016
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