Tata Steel registered robust performance in the third quarter of FY’12.The key production and sales figures are appended below.

Production & Sales Performance

Figures in '000 tonnes

Other operating highlights:

• Flat Products sale in Q3FY’12 increased 3% y-o-y however Long Products sale are low due to lower availability of finished goods because of planned shut downs in the mills.
• Long Products achieved best ever quarterly retail sales of 272 kt (previous best 268 kt in Q2 FY’12).
• LD#2 (one of the Steel Melting Shop) achieved highest ever quarterly production of 1015 kt (previous best: 994 kt in Q2 FY’12).
• Tata Steel conferred with ‘Best Conscious Capitalist Award’ for 2011-2012 at the Forbes India Leadership Awards.

About Tata Steel:
Established in 1907 as Asia's first integrated private sector steel company, Tata Steel Group is amongst the leading steel manufacturers in the world with an annual crude steel capacity of over 28 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). It is now the world's second-most geographically-diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and a commercial presence in over 50 countries. The Tata Steel Group, with a turnover of US$ 26.64 billion in FY '11, has over 81,000 employees across five continents and is a Fortune 500 company. The Group’s vision is to be the world’s steel industry benchmark in “Value Creation” and “Corporate Citizenship” through the excellence of its people, its innovative approach and overall conduct. Underpinning this vision is a performance culture committed to aspiration targets, safety and social responsibility, continuous improvement, openness and transparency. In 2008, Tata Steel India became the first integrated steel plant in the world, outside Japan, to be awarded the Deming Application Prize 2008 for excellence in Total Quality Management.