Jamshedpur, January 9, 2017
Production and Sales Performance: Tata Steel India
Figures in ‘000 tonnes
| Items |
Q3 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
YTD |
| FY16 |
FY17 |
FY17 |
Apr-Dec FY16 |
Apr-Dec FY17 |
| Hot Metal |
2,689 |
3,128 |
3,407 |
7,941 |
9,550 |
| Crude Steel |
2,546 |
2,812 |
3,150 |
7,400 |
8,485 |
| Saleable Steel |
2,512 |
2,719 |
3,162 |
7,152 |
8,219 |
| Sales |
2,349 |
2,624 |
2,994 |
6,825 |
7,764 |
Key Highlights:
Tata Steel Jamshedpur Plant
- Best-ever Hot Metal Q3 production of 2.75 million tonnes (Previous best was 2.69 million tonnes in Q3 FY’16)
- Blast Furnaces have achieved lowest best-ever coke rate of 361 Kg/thm in Q3 (Previous best was 372 Kg/thm in Q3 FY’16), best-ever fuel rate of 540 Kg/thm in Q3 (Previous best was 544 Kg/thm in Q3 FY’16), and highest best-ever coal rate of 179 Kg/thm in Q3 (Previous best was 172 Kg/thm in Q3 FY’16)
- Pellet Plant achieved its best-ever Q3 production of 1.64 million tonnes in FY’17 (Previous best was 1.42 million tonnes in Q3 FY’16)
- Sinter Plant achieved its best-ever Q3 production of 2.09 million tonnes in FY’17 (Previous best was 2.05 million tonnes in Q3 FY’16)
- Hot Strip Mill achieved its best-ever Q3 production of 1.07 million tonnes (Previous best was 1.01 million tonnes in Q3 FY’16).
- Cold Rolling Mill achieved its best-ever Q3 production of 0.48 million tonnes (Previous best was 0.45 million tonnes in Q3 FY’16).
Tata Steel Kalinganagar Plant
- Crossed 1.5 million tonnes of Hot Metal & 1 million tonnes of Hot Rolled Coil production since commissioning in May.
Sales Highlights
- Q3 FY’17 saw sales of 2994 KT, an increase of 27% over last year in the same period. It is also an increase of 14% over Q2 FY’17, largely due to Tata Steel Kalinganagar ramp-up.
- The quarterly sales performance was enabled by higher sales in the Automotive segment (20% increase YoY), Branded Products (13% increase YoY) and Value-Added Products (37% increase YoY), & scaling up of sales in new segments, which registered a five-fold growth on YoY basis.
Awards & Recognitions
- 1st Prize at the National Energy Conservation Award 2016 in the ‘Integrated Iron and Steel’ sector. The award was given for the efforts towards reduction of thermal & electrical energy consumption during FY’16.
- IIM Sustainability Award 2016 during the National Metallurgist Day celebrated on November 14, 2016 at IIT Kanpur.
- Safety and Health Excellence Recognition 2016 by World Steel Association on October 11, 2016 in Dubai for excellence in commitment and innovation in the pursuit of Zero- an injury-free, illness-free and healthy workplace.
- Conferred the IEI Industry Excellence Award 2016 in the ‘Manufacturing & Processing’ category for demonstrating the highest order of Business Excellence at the 31st Indian Engineering Congress of the Institution of Engineers (India).
