Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has supplied over 33,300 tonne of Liquid medical oxygen or LMO for the treatment of coronavirus-affected patients. The company supplied more than 33,300 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen of 99.7 per cent purity of Oxygen from its intergrated steel plants Bokaro (Jharkhand), Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Rourkela (Odisha), Durgapur and Burnpur (WestBengal).
According to the steel ministry, 28 oxygen plants located in the steel facility of both public and private sectors are supplying about 1,500 tonne of medical oxygen every day.
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.
