Third converter in the steel making facility of state-of-the-art IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur successfully completed hot-trial on Tuesday afternoon. Having a capacity of 150 Tons and identical to other two converters already in operation, this addition will ramp up consistent production of steel to the rated capacity, PR official informed.
The hot trial run was witnessed today by Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Kumar Rathi, ED (P&A) Mrinal Kanti Barman, ED(Works) Pawan Kumar Singh, Director (Technology) of MECON S R Sengupta, all General Managers, a large gathering of senior officials and employees and consortium partners.
“Commencement of steel making from this converter will drastically reduce the downtime in steel making by ensuring availability of two converters at any time,” said CEO Rajesh Kumar Rathi calling it a landmark achievement for the ISP collective. The converter has been built by SMS Siemag, Germany.
