SAIL unit gets approval for producing ship building steel

Rourkela . Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Thursday said it has received international approval for producing ship building grades of steel.

 

The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Det Norske Veritas-Germanischer Lloyd (DNV-GL) - ship building classification societies for certification of materials - have granted the approval for producing both ordinary as well as high-strength grades of steel, a company statement said.

 

Approval from these societies is mandatory for producing such steel. The process of approval included plant audit by Indian office of the societies to assess the plant process and testing capabilities and witnessing the testing of samples of different grades selected by them.