JSW Steel's June production up 14 per cent to 5.73 lakh tonnes

NEW DELHI: JSW Steel on Wednesday reported a 14 per cent year-on-year increase in crude steel production to 5.73 lakh tonnes (LT) in June this year.

In comparison, the company produced 5.03 LT steel in June, 2010.

In a statement, JSW Steel said crude steel production rose by 8.64 per cent in the first three months of the current fiscal to 17.1 LT from 15.74 LT in the April-June period of the previous fiscal.

It produced 5.77 LT in May and 5.60 LT in April this year. In contrast, its production stood at 5.65 LT last May and 5.06 LT last April.

JSW Steel's cumulative crude steel production in the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal amounted to 16.47 LT