SAIL, Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) overcame the unprecedented challenges and hurdles posed by the pandemic to set several new monthly and annual records in production in the financial year 2020-21 and improved its overall performance under the leadership of Director incharge Amarendu Prakash . Fiscal 2020-21 also proved to be a good year in terms of performance in Dispatch and Techno-Economic Indices. With the addition of some new facilities, the plant also upgraded its production processes last year. BSL was conferred with the coveted National Awards like Greentech Environment Excellence Award and National Water Innovation Award for its commitment and efforts in the direction of environment protection. Getting the environment clearance in the month of March for modernization and expansion of new SMS was also a significant achievement for BSL.
In 2020-21, BSL registered a growth of 2.6% in production of HR Plate and HR Sheet as compared to 2019-20 and a 1.5% increase in the production of CR Saleable from CRM-3. Last year, BSL set new annual records in Hot Metal production from Blast Furnace-1, CR coil for Sale (CRM-3) and Granulated Slag Production.
Sharing information COC Manikant Dhan said the year 2020-21 was also remarkable in terms of progress & stabilization in the new facilities in the plant including installation of caster in the new SMS, commissioning of zero liquid discharge facility in CRM-3, commissioning of second stream along with alternating network line of coke oven gas line etc.
In the financial year 2020-21, BSL exported more than three lakh tonnes of steel to several countries including China. In the month of March, BSL made forays into the European market by exporting 12436 tonnes of steel with CI mark certification for the first time. BSL also entered into an MoU with NHAI for supply of fly ash for road construction projects. Till now, BSL has already supplied 1,70,000 Cubic Meter of fly ash to NHAI.