SAIL records 6% rise in production of saleable steel in June

03 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has achieved the highest ever Q1 production of saleable steel at 3.2 million tonnes (MT), up by 6% over corresponding period last year (CPLY). The production of value added steel touched the best ever Q1 mark, at 1.28 MT, a y-o-y growth of 4%. Efficiency of production also got a boost with specific energy consumption at 6.57 gcal/tcs, lower by 1% than CPLY, and BF productivity of 1.57 t/Cum/day, better by 2%. As for the month of June ’13, saleable steel production of 1.08 MT was higher by 7% compared to same month last year.

The Modernisation & Expansion programme (MEP) received new fillip during the quarter with the commissioning of new Coke Oven Battery No. 6 at SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) on June 1, 2013. The new Battery complex, built at a cost of Rs 1,400 crore, has an annual capacity of 0.768 MT.

Besides, other projects under MEP which started production include new Sinter Plant and Coke Oven at RSP, Air Separation Unit of Oxygen Plant at Bhilai Steel Plant, Raw materials Handling Plant, Coke Oven, Sinter Plant and Wire Rod Mill & RHF at IISCO Steel Plant.

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