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Steel major, JSW Steel, today said that it has recorded its highest-ever quarterly crude steel production of 1.72-million tonnes in Q4 FY 11.
The company also said that it has clocked its highest-ever quarterly production of 1.32-million tonnes of rolled flat products.
Its crude steel production stood at 1.72-million tonnes in Q4 FY 11, up 8 per cent as against the year-ago period, a press release issued here stated.
Production of its rolled products flat grew 36 per cent at 1.32-million tonnes as compared to the year-ago period while it’s rolled products long production stood at 0.28-million tonnes, the release said.
In FY 11, the company’s crude steel production stood at 6.51-million tonnes, up nine per cent over the year-ago period.
Its rolled products flat production grew 33 per cent at 4.94-million tonnes as compared to the year-ago period while it’s rolled products long production expanded 18 per cent at 1.13-million tonnes.
During the quarter, the company has commenced operation of its sinter plant-3, converter-4, castor-3 and heating of balance two blocks out of four blocks of Coke Oven-4 as a part of its 3.2-mtpa expansion project at Vijayanagar Works, while blast furnace-4 is in the final stage of completion and testing, the release said.
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