The Business Bytes
TBB BUREAU
ROURKELA, NOV 2, 2022
SAIL-run Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has registered the best ever performance in key areas in the first seven months i.e. April- October of the current financial year. RSP produced 24,84,303 tonnes of Hot Metal, 23,21,650 tonnes of Crude Steel and 21,56,872 tonnes of Saleable Steel to clock its best April-October performance in the respective areas since inception. The earlier best April-October performance in all these key areas were achieved in FY 2021-22.
With an all time high production of 41,08,934 tonnes of sinter during the first seven months of the current fiscal, the Sinter Plants complemented the success story. The average Oven Pushing from Coke Oven Battery-6 also witnessed the best ever figure of 90.0 in April-October.
The dispatch of the Steel Plant also excelled in tandem with production. RSP dispatched 21,60,286 tonnes of Saleable Steel to clock the best ever figure in the first seven months since inception.
The state-of-the-art Hot Strip Mill-2 which recently surpassed the 1 million tonne production mark, clocked the best monthly production in October 2022 by rolling 1,70,121 tonnes of Slabs and producing 1,66,631 tonnes of HR Coils. The Pipe Plant (SW) made a new single-day record by making 377 tonnes of pipes on October breaking a 16-year record. Soon after, a similar effort by Pipe Plant (ERW) broke a 4-decade-old record by producing 552 tonnes on September 25, 2022 .
Chairing a production review meeting, RSP Director In-charge Atanu Bhowmick said, “Performance is the only key to success. We still have huge untapped potential. Let’s make concerted efforts in the remaining months of the current fiscal to further improve our performance in every respect and become the best in the segment in the country.”
