Bhilai Steel Plant, the flagship unit of the public sector Steel Authority of India ltd (SAIl) concluded the April to January period of current fiscal year by registering growth of 2.6%, 1.6% and 2.1% 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.
Production of cast steel at SMS-2 during the ten-month period has been the best ever since inception at 2.29 million ton surpassing the previous best of 2.26 million tonnes in Apr’09-Jan’10 (FY 09-10). This included best ever production of 1.52 Million Tonnes (MT) of cast slabs, as against previous best of 1.47 MT in 2010-11.
Production of 1.85 lakh tonnes (T) of High Tensile plates for home sales and export during the ten-month period has been the best ever since inception, surpassing the previous best of 1.36 lakh T in 2012-13. loading of 2.23 lakh T of 26 metre rails for Indian Railways was also the best, surpassing the previous best of 1.97 lakh T in 2009-10.
The Plant loaded1.41 MT of steel for direct despatches during the April to January period of current fiscal year, surpassing the previous best of 1.38 MT in 1999-2K.