Bhubaneswar: Essar Steel India Limited (EStIL) has recorded highest ever quarterly production with a 61% quarter-on-quarter growth in the third quarter ended December 31, 2016. The total flat steel production stood at 1.48 million tonnes, compared to 0.92 million tonnes in the corresponding period last year. Pellet production also grew by 99% to 2.59 million tonnes compared to 1.30 million tonnes in the same quarter last year.

EStIL is one of India’s leading integrated steel producers with an annual production capacity of 10 mtpa supported by a 20 mtpa pellet facility. The state-of-the-art facilities comprise iron making, steel making, and downstream facilities, including a cold rolling mill, a galvanizing and pre-coated facility, a steel-processing facility, an extra-wide plate mill and 3 pipe mills with coating facilities.