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Production & Sales Figures for December, 2009
Jamshedpur, January 05, 2010
~Tata Steel posts 49% increase in Q3 FY’10 Sales as compared to same period of last year~
Tata Steel surpassed the mark of 6, 00,000 t monthly Crude Steel production for the first time in December 2009.The plant is now operating at the rate of 7.2 mtpa against the rated capacity of 6.8 mtpa. It completed December by registering remarkable increase in its hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel production over the corresponding month of last year.
The figures are appended below:
Production & Sales Performance
| Items | Figures in ‘000 tonnes | |||||
|
December |
Q3 |
|||||
|
2008 |
2009 |
% Change |
FY’09 |
FY’10 |
% Change |
|
|
Hot Metal |
566 |
651 |
15 |
1699 |
1888 |
11 |
|
Crude Steel |
494 |
600 |
21 |
1497 |
1725 |
15 |
|
Saleable Steel |
334 |
592 |
77 |
1235 |
1688 |
37 |
|
Sales |
368 |
636 |
73 |
1071 |
1597 |
49 |
Highlights
- Best ever hot metal production of 6, 50, 767 t, which is at the rate of 7.8 mtpa.
- Best ever crude steel production of 6, 00,204 t, which is at the rate of 7.2 mtpa against the rated capacity of 6.8 mtpa.
- Best ever saleable steel production of 5, 92,487 t.
- LD#1 (one of the Steel Melting Shop) recorded its best ever production of 2, 72, 391 t.
- Hot Strip Mill recorded its best ever production of 3, 38, 570 t.
- 90% increase in Flat products sales over December’08.
- 56% increase in Long products sales over December’08.