It is reported that JSW Steel has overtaken TATA Steel in terms of steelmaking capacity in India and will continue to be ahead even as the two companies go into their next phases of expansion.
At present, TATA Steel has an installed capacity of 6.8 million tonnes at Jamshedpur.
JSW Steel has 6.8 million tonnes at Bellary and another 1 million tonnes at Salem making it the largest private steel maker in India, behind government-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd at 13 million tonnes. Salem Works, formerly under Southern Iron & Steel Company, was merged with JSW two years earlier.
JSW Steel will be expanding its production capacity to 11 million tonnes by March 2011, which includes Salem. TATA Steel plans to expand its capacity to 10 million tonnes at Jamshedpur by August 2011.
(Sourced from Business Standard)
