Jindal Steel & Power ltd (JSPl) has commissioned what it claims to be the country's largest Steel Melting Shop (SMS) and its allied unit of the 6 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) integrated steel plant at Angul in Odisha.
The SMS was commissioned on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the company's founder O P Jindal on August 7.
With commissioning of the Steel Melting Shop in its Angul project, JSPl has completed the 2.5 MTPA capacity out of the 6 mtpa in the first phase of its greenfield project at Angul. “The Electric Arc Furnace of the SMS is of 250 tonnes capacity and is the largest in size in India and second in Asia. Commissioning of this SMS is an important milestone for our project. With this landmark achievement, we have achieved the 2.5 MTPA steel production capacity in the first phase,” said Dinesh Kumar Saraogi, Executive Director (Projects) of JSPl, Angul Unit.