SAIL dispatches first consignment of special rails to Indian Railways

15 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has successfully dispatched the first consignment of specialized rails to Indian Railways from its Rail and Structural Mill, Bhilai Steel Plant. It has flagged off the first consignment of 18 pairs of thick web asymmetric end-forged rails on July 13. The company had started the commercial production of these facilities in January this year. These rails are expected to help Indian Railways to lay high speed, high strength and long life switches in their network.

The company 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.

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