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Coronavirus Outbreak: Production at SAIL, Tata Steel plants down by 50% due to lockdown

Press Trust of India • April 7, 2020, 14:08:20 IST
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Facing reduction in demand due to the lockdown in the country, steel makers SAIL and Tata Steel have reduced their output by about 50 percent, according to sources

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Coronavirus Outbreak: Production at SAIL, Tata Steel plants down by 50% due to lockdown

New Delhi: Facing reduction in demand due to the lockdown in the country, steel makers SAIL and Tata Steel have reduced their output by about 50 percent, according to sources. State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and private player Tata Steel both contribute about 20 percent to India’s total steel production. As per industry sources, SAIL and Tata Steel have scaled-down production by about 50 percent. [caption id=“attachment_4159075” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]Representational image. Reuters. Representational image. Reuters.[/caption] The companies have taken the decision because of the reduced demand in the market after the lockdown, which has impacted logistics movement, the sources said adding that buyers are also reluctant in placing orders. Click here to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak Most of the staff of the companies are working from home and only important sites like blast furnaces and coke oven batteries etc at the plants, which can not be closed, are running. Tata Steel had earlier said as the outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted its business and operations, the company’s integrated steel facilities in Jamshedpur and Kalinganagar and subsidiaries Tata Steel BSL and Tata Steel Long Products have started reducing production levels while operations in the downstream facilities have been suspended and put on care and maintenance mode. The company had however not provided any figures with respect to reduced production levels. While a SAIL official confirmed reducing output by about 50 percent over the phone, an e-mail query sent to Tata Steel remained unanswered. SAIL has five integrated steel plants in Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Tata Steel has two plants in Odisha and Jharkhand.

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