SAIL commences BOF Hot trials at Burnpur plant

18 Sep 2014 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has commenced the First Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) on September 14, 2014 at its ISP Burnpur plant. This event marks the commencement of modern steel making in IISCO Steel Plant (ISP). Under the expansion program of ISP, many major facilities viz. the 7m tall Coke Oven Battery, 2x204 sqm Sinter Plant, Power and Blowing Station and 0.5 Mtpa Wire Rod Mill have already commenced operations on standalone basis.

The commencement of BOF paves the way for starting up production from the new 4060 m3 Blast Furnace, next month. With the operationalization of the new BF, integrated operations would start in the state of the art 2.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) steel plant constructed at an investment of around Rs 17,000 crore.

SAIL is India's largest steel producing company. The company is among the five Maharatnas of the country's Central Public Sector Enterprises. The company has five integrated steel plants, three special plants, and one subsidiary in different parts of the country.

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