Jindal Steel to lift output amid increased demand

India's Jindal Power and Steel (JSPL) plans to raise its crude steel output to 8.Asian Metal Copyright The refurbished furnace is expected to produce 9,200 td of pig iron in 2020-21, up from current output of 7,000 td.Asian Metal Copyright5mn tons during the 2020-21 fiscal year ending 31 March on expectation of increased demand from infrastructure projects.

JSPL expects to produce 6mn tons of crude steel in 2019-20, JSPL managing director VR Sharma said.

The company in April refurbished its blast furnace at it's 6mn t/y Angul works in east India's Odisha state. The refurbished furnace is expected to produce 9,200 t/d of pig iron in 2020-21, up from current output of 7,000 t/d.

The company expects to increase its total supply of rail for domestic and global orders by 17% to 700,000t in 2020-21 from 600,000t in 2019-20. JSPL operates a 1mn t/y rail steel mill at its 3.6mn t/y integrated steel plant at Raigarh in east India's Chhattisgarh state.

.Asian Metal Copyright The company expects to increase its total supply of rail for domestic and global orders by 17% to 700,000t in 2020-21 from 600,000t in 2019-20.Asian Metal Copyright