JSW Steel, Tata Steel log record Q4 FY25 output on capacity boost

During Q4FY25, Tata Steel's India deliveries at 5.6 million tonnes were up 3.3 per cent year-on-year from 5.42 million tonnes in Q4FY24

Top steelmakers — Tata Steel and JSW Steel — reported higher production in India operations during Q4FY25 on a year-on-year (Y-o-Y) basis on the back of capacity addition.

 

JSW’s consolidated crude steel production for Q4FY25 was the highest ever at 7.63 million tones (mt), up 12 per cent Y-o-Y and 9 per cent quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q).

 

This was led by its India operations, which recorded crude steel production at 7.40 mt, higher by 9 per cent Q-o-Q and 13 per cent Y-o-Y.

 

In an exchange filing, JSW Steel said the ramp up in production to 5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) at JSW Vijayanagar Metallics Ltd (JVML) was progressing well.

 

Once fully ramped up, the total crude steel capacity at Vijayanagar will increase to 17.5 mtpa. This will scale up JSW Steel’s overall India crude steel capacity to 34.2 mtpa.

 

In FY25, JSW Steel’s consolidated production volume stood at 27.79 mt, up 4 per cent Y-o-Y. Its India operations production was 26.98 mt, higher by 6 per cent. 

 

Tata Steel India deliveries hit record

 

During Q4FY25, Tata Steel’s India deliveries were 5.6 mt, up 3.3 per cent Y-o-Y from 5.42 mt in Q4FY24.

 

India deliveries rose 6 per cent Q-o-Q and Tata Steel said the ‘best ever’ volumes were aided by higher growth in domestic deliveries, at around 9 per cent Q-o-Q. 

 

In FY25, Tata Steel India’s deliveries increased in line with production and surpassed the previous best seen in FY24. Domestic deliveries rose 4.4 per cent Y-o-Y to 19.7 mt leveraging India’s steel demand growth, Tata Steel said.

 

Tata Steel India’s FY25 crude steel production increased 5 per cent Y-o-Y to around 21.8 mt. This was on commissioning of the blast furnace at Kalinganagar and higher steel production at Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL).

 

Tata Steel India’s crude steel production — at 5.51 mt in Q4FY25 — was higher than 5.4 mt in Q4FY24. Q-o-Q, it was lower due to relining of the “G” blast furnace in Jamshedpur.

 

Tata Steel Netherlands’ liquid steel production and deliveries in FY25 were up Y-o-Y. This came as normal operations resumed after the relining of blast furnace number 6 in February 2024.

 

Production stood at 6.7 mt in FY25 compared to 4.8 mt in FY24. Deliveries were at 6.2 mt against 5.3 mt.

 

Tata Steel UK’s liquid steel production in FY25 was 1.07 mt compared to 2.99 mt in FY24.

 

The company said both the blast furnaces were closed at the end of Q2FY25. At present, Tata Steel UK was servicing its customers via downstream processing of purchased substrate. 

 

Deliveries, at 2.5 mt in FY25, were adversely impacted by subdued demand dynamics, it added. In FY24, deliveries were at 2.8 mt.