ll major facilities under the modernisation and expansion plan of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) have been completed, officials informed.
The facilities New Coke Oven Battery No.11, 2nd Sinter Machine in Sinter Plant-3, New Blast Furnace (BF) No. 8, New Steel Melting Shop III (2 converters and 3 casters), Universal Rail Mill and Rail Welding Lines, Bar and Rod Mill have been completed in Bhilai Steel Plant.
The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) undertook modernization & expansion of its five integrated steel plants at Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Rourkela (Odisha), Durgapur (West Bengal) & Burnpur (West Bengal) and Special Steel Plant at Salem (Tamil Nadu) to enhance its crude steel capacity from 12.8 Million tonne per annum (Mtpa) to 21.4 Mtpa.
The Modernisation and Expansion at Rourkela, Burnpur, Durgapur, Bokaro and Salem Steel Plants has been completed.
The Steel Melting Shop-2 of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has achieved yet another landmark on December 24 last year by producing 51 Rail bloom heats (6020 Tonnes) in single day, a company press release informed .
It is the highest ever Rail Bloom production in a single day since inception of the shop. The previous best production in a single day was of 46 Bloom Heats on June 19, 2018. It was a historic day for SMS-2 as Bloom Caster-5 and Combi Casters- 3 and 4 were all in operation simultaneously for the whole day, the press release informed.