Tata Steel India's Q2 production rises 7% as furnace relining boosts ops

Boosted by operational normalisation post-furnace relining, Tata Steel India posted higher Q2 output and record retail deliveries amid strong domestic demand

Tata Steel India recorded a 7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in crude steel production in the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26), primarily led by normalisation in operations following the completion of relining a blast furnace at the Jamshedpur plant.

 

The company, which on Thursday announced its provisional production and delivery numbers for Q2FY26, clocked 5.67 million tonnes (mt) of output in India.

 

Quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) production was up 8 per cent.

 

Its deliveries for the quarter stood at 5.56 mt, in which domestic ones grew 20 per cent Q-o-Q and 7 per cent Y-o-Y.

 

The company attributed it to improved production and stable demand across market segments despite the seasonal rain.

 

In domestic deliveries, those for the automotive and special products verticals were 0.8 mt.

 

Tata Steel said it continued to strengthen its product portfolio via new facilities and customer approval.

 

The recently commissioned continuous galvanising line in Kalinganagar has secured facility approvals from original equipment manufacturers. 

 

The new combi-mill has commenced commercial sales, focused on specialty bars and wire rods for critical auto

 

applications.

 

Deliveries of branded products and those coming under the retail vertical — at 1.9 mt — recorded their “best ever” quarterly volumes, surpassing the previous best in Q4FY25.

 

Those falling under the industrial-product and project verticals were at 1.9 mt.

 

It was driven by the performance of value accretive segments such as engineering and ready-to-use solutions.

 

Gross merchandise value from ecommerce platforms — at ₹1,980 crore — more than trebled on a Y-o-Y basis.

 

As far as European operations are concerned, Tata Steel Netherlands’ liquid steel production in Q2FY26 was 1.67 mt and deliveries were 1.54 mt. Deliveries were marginally higher Q-o-Q as well as Y-o-Y.

 

Tata Steel UK is serving its customers through the downstream processing of purchased substrate. Deliveries for the quarter stood at 0.56 mt.

 

The company started the construction of the electric arc furnace (EAF) project at Port Talbot during the quarter.