OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2011. JSW Steel Limited reported highest ever quarterly crude steel production of 1.72 million tons in Q4 of FY 2010-11 & highest ever quarterly production of 1.32 million tons of Rolled flat products. The break-up of quarterly production is as below :

Product

Production Million tonnes

Growth Over Q4 FY 2009-10

 

Q4 FY 2010-11

%

Crude Steel

1.72

8%

Rolled Products : Flat

1.32

36%

Rolled Products : Long

0.28

-13%

The Company's crude steel production for FY 2010-11 was 6.51 million tons, showing a growth of 9% over FY 2009-10. The break-up of annual production is as below :

Product

Production Million tonnes

Growth Over FY 2009-10

FY 2010-11

%

Crude Steel

6.51

9%

Rolled Products : Flat

4.94

33%

Rolled Products : Long

1.13

18%

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 3.2 MTPA expansion project at Vijayanagar Works, while Blast furnce-4 is in the final stage of completion and testing.