Tata Steel completed FY’13 with an overall increase in Production and Sales volumes. The year registered its best ever performance in Hot Metal, Crude Steel, Saleable Steel production and total Sales.

According to a communique issued by Tata Steel,the key production and sales were as follows:

Production & Sales performance

  Figures in ‘000 tonnes

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Items Q4 April – March
FY’12 FY’13 % Change FY’12 FY’13 % Change
Hot Metal 1959 2458 25 7750 8858 14
Crude Steel 1830 2298 26 7132 8130 14
Saleable Steel 1777 2263 27 6970 7941 14
Sales 1768 2279 29 6632 7482 13

Major Highlights – FY’13

Production

  • Ore Mines & Quarries (OMQ) achieved its highest ever iron ore dispatch of 15.0 million tonnes (Previous best 13.18 million tonnes in FY’12).
  • West Bokaro Division (one of the Collieries) achieved its highest ever clean coal production of 2.33 million tonnes (Previous best2.29 million tonnes in FY’12).
  • Best ever total Coke Production (Jamshedpur & Haldia) of 3.7 million tonnes (Previous best 3.58 million tonnes in FY’12).
  • Steel Melting Shop LD#1 achieved its best ever production of 3.18 million tonnes (Previous best 3.12 million tonnes in FY’12).

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