Tata Sponge Iron on Friday reported 32 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 29.71 crore for the quarter ended June 30 on higher sales.
The company,a Tata Steel associate firm,had clocked Rs 22.52 crore net profit in the corresponding period a year ago,it said in a BSE filing.
Income of the company rose to Rs 189 crore during the quarter under review compared to Rs 146 crore in the April- June period of the last fiscal.
Tata Sponge Iron’s total expenses increased to Rs 152 crore in the June quarter against Rs 117 crore in the year-ago period.
Tata Sponge Iron has manufacturing facility at Bilaipada in Odisha. It was initially set up as a joint venture company between Tata Steel and the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Limited (IPICOL).
However,in 1991,Tata Steel bought out IPICOL’s stake and made it an associate firm.
Tata Sponge Iron’s total production capacity now stands at 3.9 lakh tonne a year and a 26 MW power generation


