Team News Riveting
Rourkela, March 3
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the Maharatna Company SAIL, kept the graph rising in all key production areas in the first eleven months of the fiscal 2021-22 (FY22).
In the April’2021-February 2022 period the plant was successful in producing 3927790 Tons of Hot metal,3618231 tons of Crude Steel and 3316518 tons of Saleable Steel which were its best-ever performance since inception. The oven pushing from Coke Oven Battery – 6 also witnessed the best ever figure of 89.2 in the above period. The total sinter production too reached the highest level of 6371513 tons.
The Rolling Mills kept pace with the Iron and Steel zone. Plate Mill rolled out its all time best 499267 tons of plates, while rolling of plates in New Plate Mill touched the best-ever 841302 tonnes. Hot Strip Mill-1 made 1611582 tons of HR Coils which is the best since inception performance of the more than 60 year old Mill. Despatch of Saleable Steel on the other hand touched the all-time high figure of 3279484 Tons in the first 11 months of the fiscal.
Congratulating the RSP collective on this splendid show, Atanu Bhowmick, Director In-Charge of the Plant has said that the record breaking performance of the Plant in the current fiscal in spite of the two waves of COVID-19 is an eloquent testimony to the commitment and dedication of the employees.
