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JSW Steel today reported a 14% rise in its crude steel production for the month of April at 9.9 lakh tonnes (LT).
The company, which has around 143 LT installed production capacity now, had produced 8.67 LT crude steel in the same month last year, it said in a statement.
Production of flat products grew by 14% to 7.76 LT compared to 6.8 LT a year earlier.
Long products' production rose by 28% to 1.64 LT from 1.28 LT a year ago.
Long products are mainly used in the construction sector. Flat products find application in automotive and industrial segments.
JSW Steel produced 121.7 LT crude steel in the entire 2013-14 fiscal and 31.5 LT in January-March quarter.
