Posted on 09 Jun 2015
India's consumption of total finished steel surged by 6.8 percent to 7.234 MT in May, 2015 against the year-ago period. It was up 31.3 percent against April, 2015, JPC data showed.
Steel consumption saw a growth of 7 percent in April-May 2015-16 at 12.742 MT over same period of last year, it added. Similarly, consumption grew 3.1 percent in 2014-15 at 76.36 MT over the same period of 2013-14.