Bhilai Steel Plant concluded the April to February period of current fiscal year 2013-14 by registering growth of 3.4%, 2.4% and 3.0% over corresponding period last year (CPlY) in cumulative hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel production, respectively.
The Plant achieved its Annual Business Plan (ABP) targets in hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel production. Cumulative Hot Metal production in April to February period of fiscal year 13-14 has been 4.92 million tonnes (MT). The Plant produced 4.69 MT Crude Steel and 4.11MT Saleable Steel during the period.
Production of cast steel at SMS-2 during the 11- month period of fiscal year 2013-14 has been the best ever since inception at 2.51 MT surpassing the previous best of 2.46 MT in Apr’09-Feb’11 (FY 10-11). This included best ever production of 1.67 MT of cast slabs, as against previous best of 1.61 MT in 2010-11.
Production of 2.10 lakh tonnes (T) of High Tensile plates for home sales and export during the 11-month period has been the best ever since inception, surpassing the previous best of 1.47 lakh T in 2010-11.
loading of 2.44 lakh T of 26 metre rails for Indian Railways was also the best, surpassing the previous best of 2.14 lakh T in 2009-10. The Plant loaded 1.56 MT of steel for direct despatches during the April to February period of current fiscal year, surpassing the previous best of 1.52 MT in 1999-2000.