SAIL to complete Burnpur plant upgradation in 3 months

 New Delhi,The country largest domestic steel producer, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), aims to complete modernisation and expansion of its IISCO

Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur in West Bengal by December.

ISP is being upgraded and modernised at a total cost of over Rs 16,000 crore, after which it will produce 2.9 million tonnes (mt) of hot metal

compared with its current capacity of 0.4 mt.

 

The upgradation includes a new seven-metre tall coke oven battery (COB) and a new blast furnace of 4,060 cubic metre volume with a top pressure

recovery turbine. The SAIL Chairman, C. S. Verma, reviewed the progress of the project on Saturday. The company said units worth around Rs 5,000

crore will commence production. The new COB has commenced trial operation and was providing coke support to sister plants. It has supplied over two lakh tonnes of coke to them so far.   Business Line .

 

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