Tata Steel to expand capacity in Jamshedpur

Tata Steel is looking to expand its capacity of its Jamshedpur facility to 13 million tons a year, from the present 10 million tons.

While the company has got the environment clearance to take the capacity to 11 million tons a year, studies are being conducted to increase it further.

"We have the option to shut some of the small blast furnaces and build bigger ones. The final decision will be taken once the studies have been done," said CEO and Managing Director TV Narendran on the sidelines of a conference in Mumbai.

The Jamshedpur facility, the company's first, produces a mix of flat and long products. Most of the production goes towards flat products.