Crude steel output of JSW Steel grew 8.3 per cent to 14.48 lakh tonnes in August this year against 13.37 lt in August 2017.
According to a BSE filing, production of flat rolled products was almost flat at 9.81 lt against 9.79 lt in August 2017. Long rolled products output increased 9.7 per cent to 3.05 lt against 2.78 lt in the same month last year.
JSW Steel is a part of the diversified $13-billion JSW Group, which has presence in steel, energy, infrastructure, cement, ventures and sports. It is a leading integrated steel company with an installed steel-making capacity of 18 million tonnes per annum.
The company’s plant at Vijayanagar in Karnataka is the largest single location steel producing facility in the country with a capacity of 12 mtpa.