JSW Steel crude steel prod up 30% at 2.36 lakh tonnes

New Delhi, Mar 5 (UNI) JSW Steel Ltd, part of the four billion dollar O P Jindal Group, today reported a 30 per cent growth in its crude steel production at 2.36 lakh tonnes in February.

The growth was despite shutdown of one of the furnaces due to accidental fire on February 15, the company said.

The company's HR Coil production stood at 2.06 lakh tonnes, up by 27 per cent, during February over the same period last year.

The volume growth during the month has been achieved across all products excepting galvanising products at 0.60 per cent, down by 7 per cent in the corressponding period last year.

The company's 1.3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) expansion project commissioned in November 2006 is operating above 80 per cent capacity.

The work on re-commissioning the furnace, shut down during the month for repairs, is expected to be on stream in April, the company added.

UNI