KOLKATA: India’s steel production grew 8.5% to 7.8 million tonne (mt) in September 2016 compared to 7.2 mt in September 2015 even as Asia’s steel output went up 3.7% to 92.5 mt during September over the same month last year.

Out of this, China’s crude steel production for September 2016 was 68.2 mt, an increase of 3.9% compared to September 2015. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 8.4 mt of crude steel in September 2016, a decrease of -1.5% compared to September 2015.