JSPL starts supply of 1080 grade Head Hardened rails to RVNL

14 Aug 2020 Evaluate

Jindal Steel & power (JSPL) has started supply of 1080 grade Head Hardened rails to Rail Vikas Nigam (RVNL) for the completion of Kolkata Metro's Joka-Esplanade corridor. JSPL became the first company to supply specially treated indigenous 1080 grade Head Hardened rails for completion of New Phase of Kolkata Metro Corridors. Earlier, Metro Rail corporations and western dedicated freight corridor used to import Head Hardened rails for construction of High-speed tracks from Japan & Europe. Trains can run on these tracks at a speed of up to 250 km per hour as they have been specially manufactured at the Raigarh plant of JSPL.

The company has been selected by RVNL after a bidding process to supply 3000 MT of Head Hardened rails for Kolkata Metro rail tracks. So far, JSPL has supplied 1300 MT of 1080 grade Head Hardened rails to RVNL, remaining delivery of 1700 MT will be made within a week. Research Design and Standard Organization (RDSO) has approved the 1080 grade HH rails of JSPL’s Raigarh Rail mill. 1080 Head Hardened grade Rails is also approved by the internationally accredited agency TUV-Nord-Luxembourg (Gr 1080HH).

JSPL is one of India’s fastest growing and largest integrated steel manufacturers, significantly present in Steel, Power Generation and Infrastructure segments and catering to a large part of India's domestic energy and infrastructure requirement.

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