Tata Steel completed March’09 and the fiscal year, 2008-09 on a thumping note. The performance of the Jamshedpur Works was outstanding. The major Production and Sales figure are tabulated below:

Production & Sales Performance

Figures in ‘000 tonnes

Major Highlights - FY’09

Production

• Best ever Hot metal (6.254 million tonnes), Crude steel (5.646 million tonnes) and Saleable steel (5.375 million tonnes) production
  

• Newly commissioned Blast Furnace (‘H’ furnace) in its very first year of operation surpassed its yearly target and running above the rated capacity
  

• One of the Steel Melting Shop (LD#2 & Slab Caster) achieved best ever slab production of 3.52 million tonnes (Previous best 3.35 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• LD#1, another Steel Melting Shop also achieved best ever annual billet production of 2.12 million tonnes (Previous best 1.76 million tonnes in FY’07)
  

• Sinter Plant produced 6.5 million tonnes sinter which is the best ever (Previous best 5.88 million tonnes in FY’08). Highest ever solid waste utilization at 90% (Previous best 85.4% in FY’08)
  

• One of the finishing mill i.e. New Bar Mill achieved highest ever production of 0.611 million tonnes (Previous best 0.549 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• West Bokaro Division for the first time dispatched 1.956 million tonnes of clean coal (previous best 1.77 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• Jharia division produced highest ever raw coal of 1.58 million tonnes (Previous best 1.486 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• OMQ division produced highest ever iron ore of 10.72 million tonnes (Previous best 10.29 million tonnes in FY’08)

Sales

• Overall sales at 5.231 million tonnes, grew by 9 % over last year (4.782 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• 25 % increase in Long products sales at 2.0 million tonnes (1.60 million tonnes in FY’08)
  

• Highest ever sales of Flat products at 3.22 million tonnes (3.18 million tonnes in FY’08)

Others

Tata Steel reached a major milestone in its TQM journey by winning Deming Award. Tata Steel is the only integrated steel company outside Japan to win this prestigious award.