SAIL inaugurates emission free coke oven batteries at Bokaro Steel plant

06 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL), a Maharatna PSU under the Ministry of Steel, has inaugurated two rebuilt coke oven batteries (COBs) of Bokaro Steel plant (BSL) on March 24, 2012. The company has also inaugurated the Coil Packaging Line-2 of the new Cold Rolling Mill.

The two COBs of BSL were re-built at a cost of Rs 500 crore and are completely emission free, with a high level of automation and increased productivity. Part of the 8-battery complex, these two COBs share the same basic dimensions, while improving upon other technical aspects.

The other facility inaugurated - Coil Packaging Line-2 - is part of the new 1.2 MTPA Cold Rolling Mill complex, being built at a total cost of Rs 3,000 crore. This mill is in the final phases of equipment testing and commissioning. The products of this state-of-the-art mill are expected to meet the expectations of auto-body and premium white goods sectors. The mill capacity will include 0.84 MT of Cold Rolled products and 0.36 MT of coated products.

The CR product basket will include Extra Deep Drawn (EDD) Quality, Deep Drawn Quality (DD), Interstitial-free (IF), High Strength Low Alloy Steel (HSS), Dual-phase (DP), Transformation-induced Plasticity (TRIP), Bake-hardening (BH), in addition to Commercial Quality, with a maximum tensile strength of 680 MPa.

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