November 20, 2008
India DRI production in H1 of 2008 up by 14.7% YoY
International Iron and Steel Institute have released the production figures for direct reduced iron for the month of June 2008.
India production of DRI in June 2008 was 1.650 million tonnes up by 13.8% as compared to 1.450 million tonnes in June 2007.
During H1 of 2008, India accounted fro 33.2% of the global DRI production.
| Country | Jun'07 | Jun'08 | Change | J-J''07 | J-J''08 | Change | Share |
| Global | 4576 | 5018 | 9.7% | 26502 | 29328 | 10.7% | |
| India | 1450 | 1650 | 13.8% | 8500 | 9750 | 14.7% | 33.2% |
(In million tonnes)
(Source - IISI)
