Mumbai, May 12 -- The company's Indian operations produced 20.40 lakh tonnes during the month, down 1% from 20.56 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year. Its US Ohio unit contributed 0.78 lakh tonnes, marking a 7% YoY decline from 0.84 lakh tonnes.

The company said that Blast Furnace 3 (BF3) at Vijayanagar is currently shut down for capacity upgradation, impacting crude steel production at the Indian operations level. However, excluding BF3 production from last year's base, production growth was around 10%, driven by the full ramp-up of JVML operations. Capacity utilisation at Indian operations for the month stood at approximately 94%, excluding BF3 capacity, and 83%, including BF3 capacity.

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