OREANDA-NEWS. May 23, 2012. JSW Steel Limited reported monthly Crude Steel production of 7.15 Lacs tons for April' 2012, with a growth of 35% compared to that of corresponding month in the last fiscal year and 10% sequentially.

The break-up of production is as below:

Product

Production ( Lacs tons)

Apr'12

Apr'11

Growth

Crude Steel

7.15

5.30

35%

Rolled Products : Flat

5.25

3.92

34%

Rolled Products : Long

1.55

1.14

35%

The capacity utilization at Vijayanagar works remained at around 80% in April'2012 due to inferior quality and inadequate availability of iron ore in E-auction.

JSW Steel Ltd., belonging to JSW group, part of the O P Jindal Group, is one of the lowest cost steel producers in the world. The group has diversified interest in mining, carbon steel, power, industrial gases, port facilities, Aluminium, Cement and Information Technology. JSW Steel Limited is engaged in manufacture of flat and long products viz. H R Coils, C R Coils, Galvanised products, Galvalume products, auto grade / white goods grade CRCA Steel, Bars and Rods. Incorporated in 1994, it has grown to USD  9 billion in little over fifteen years. JSW Steel Limited is one of the largest producers and exporters of coated flat products in the country with presence in over 100 countries across five continents.