Steel Authority of India (SAIL) produced over 5 million tonne (mn t) of special steel products designed for specific end-use in 2012-13. This is a growth of 4 percent over the last fiscal.
SAIL’s Bokaro unit introduced ultra high strength hot rolled and cold rolled (CR) steel, for use in auto body components in the auto sector.
The company’s plants at Bokaro and Salem started production of IS 2062 E450 and E 350 Hot Rolled (HR) Coils tailor-made for wagons of Indian Railways for the first time ever.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’s (BARC) Neutrino Observatory (INO) project procured special soft iron magnetic plates from SAIL’s Bhilai Steel Plant.
For the petrochemicals industry, Bhilai and Rourkela developed a new grade of ASTM 537 plates which finds application in pressure vessels.
The Bhilai plant also produced the NACE quality plate, which caters to petrochemical industry. These cracking-resistant plates are ideal for transportation of gases having higher content of hydrogen-sulphide.
The company produced 31 CrV3 grade billets from Durgapur Steel Plant for the first time in India; This is a product highly appreciated among makers of spanners and hand tools.
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