JSW Steel today reported a 14% year-on-year increase in crude steel production to 5.73 lakh tonne in June this year.
In comparison, the company produced 5.03 lakh tonne steel in June, 2010.
In a statement, JSW Steel said crude steel production rose by 8.64% in the first three months of the current fiscal to 17.1 lakh tonne from 15.74 lakh tonne in the April-June period of the previous fiscal.
It produced 5.77 lakh tonne in May and 5.60 lakh tonne in April this year. In contrast, its production stood at 5.65 lakh tonne last May and 5.06 lakh tonne last April.
JSW Steel's cumulative crude steel production in the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal amounted to 16.47 lakh tonne.
