SAIL’s Durgapur steel plant has reported 9% growth in major production area such as hot metal, crude steel, saleable steel, special steel and saleable steel dispatch. It has achieved this growth with highest ever contribution of special steel and value-added products, which comprised 80% of total monthly saleable steel production.
The steel major has registered positive growth in steel production for the month of July 2013 as compared to the same month last year. The production of saleable steel stood at 1.08 million tonnes (MT) during the month was up by 3% over as compared to the same month last year.