During Apr-Jun 2013, output of saleable steel rose 6 percent to 3.2 million tonne (mn t) from the year-ago period for Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
Production of value added steel touched the best ever Q1 mark, at 1.28 mn t, a year-on-year growth of 4 percent.
Across the company’s various units, new projects worth around Rs 2,700 crore commenced operation between April-June 2013, the firm said in a press release.
Significant among them are the new seven meter tall battery complex along with coke dry cooling plant and the 2500-mm wide slab caster, both at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP).
Soon, the firm may operationalise a new 4,060 cubic meter blast furnace, the largest in the country, at RSP.
The company’s annual production capacity of hot metal may grow to 19 mn t by next fiscal from the current level of 14 mn t because of these expansion projects.
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