Indian pellet production rises 5% y-o-y in Apr-Sep’25

Production of iron ore pellets in India in the April-September period of the current fiscal (H1FY’26) stood at around 55.6 million tonnes (mnt), as per provisional data with BigMint. India’s pellet production rose by over 5% y-o-y from around 53 mnt in H1FY’25. Iron pellet production reached over 105 mnt in financial year 2024-2025 (FY’25), an increase of 5% y-o-y from 100 mnt in FY’24. Production has surged at a rapid pace over the last few years on rising crude steel production and the ever-increasing requirement of ensuring material and energy efficiency in steel production.