Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 8 (ANI): JSW Steel, the flagship business of USD 12 billion JSW Group, on Tuesday reported crude steel production of 13.32 lakh tonnes in November, up 3 per cent from 12.9 lakh tonnes in the same month of previous year.

The average capacity utilisation in November was 89 per cent, it said in a statement adding that shortage of iron ore remained a constraint.

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The production of flat rolled products totalled 9.61 lakh tonnes in November, up 6 per cent from 9.09 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.

But the production of long rolled products declined by 1 per cent to 2.95 lakh tonnes in November from 2.99 lakh tonnes the same month last year.

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JSW Steel is the only Indian company ranked among the top 10 steel producers in the world by World Steel Dynamics for the last 10 consecutive years. (ANI)

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