Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of the public sector Steel Authority of India ltd (SAIl) has concluded the nine-month period from April to December of current fiscal 2013-14 by registering growth of 2.5 per cent, 1.6 per cent and 2.2 per cent over corresponding period last year (CPlY) in cumulative Hot Metal, Crude Steel and Saleable Steel production, respectively.
“The Plant recorded its best ever saleable steel production of 3.40 million tonnes (MT) for the April to December period, surpassing the previous best of 3.38 MT in 2010-11. loading of 3.36 MT Saleable Steel has also been best-ever, surpassing the previous best of 3.35 MT achieved in 2010-11. The production of cast steel at SMS-2 was also best ever at 2.07MT surpassing the previous best of 2.02 MT in Apr-Dec’09,’’ a statement of the plant informed on Tuesday.
Production of 1.66 lakh tonnes (T) of high tensile plates in April to December 2013 has also been the best ever for the period, surpassing the previous best of 1.23 lakh T in 2012-13. Production of 2.13 lakh T of 26 meter rails for Indian Railways has been the best ever for the period, surpassing the previous best of 1.86 lakh T in 2009-10. The Plant achieved its Annual Business Plan (ABP) targets for the period in Hot Metal, Crude Steel and Saleable Steel.
For the month of Dec’13, the Plant achieved a fulfillment of 108.1 percent, 105.3 percent and 100.0 percent of Annual Business Plan (ABP) targets for Hot Metal, Crude Steel and Saleable Steel respectively. Production of TMT Wire rods at 32,600 T in Dec ‘13 was best ever for any December month so far surpassing the previous best of 29,700 T recorded in Dec 2010.