JSW Steel to import 6 million tonne iron ore in 2014/15

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - JSW Steel Ltd , India's third-largest maker of the alloy, will import 6 million tonnes of iron ore this fiscal year compared with no shipments a year earlier due to production cutbacks at home, a top official told Reuters on Wednesday.

The company will also raise imports of coking coal after shipping in up to 8 million tonnes in the fiscal year ended March 31, JSW's Joint Managing Director Seshagiri Rao said.

(Reporting by Krishna N Das; editing by Mayank Bhardwaj)