Tata Steel on Friday said it witnessed 9 per cent rise in sales at 5.56 lakh tonnes in January on the back of improved demand from the construction and white-goods sectors.The companys January sales last year stood at 5.11 lakh tonnes.

Tata Steel completed the second quarter and first half of FY'10 on a buoyant note with a considerable increase in its production and sales

Tata Steel Limited India’s biggest steelmaker, raised $500 million in a sale of global depositary receipts to fund domestic expansion and mining ventures overseas.

Tata Steel, the country's leading steel producer, sees its sales volume surging by nearly 50 per cent to 1.6 million tonnes in the fourth quarter of this fiscal on the back of an improved demand.
"In January-March, we plan to sell 1.6 million tonnes of steel, which is 50 per cent higher than the October-December volume of 1.1 million tonnes," Tata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman told reporters after announcement of the company's consolidated third quarter results.