New Delhi: Steel Authority of India Ltd(SAIL) today commissioned a ladle furnace, having a cumulative capacity of one million tonnes per annum, at its Durgapaur plant.
"The modernisation and expansion drive of SAIL crossed yet another landmark as Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) added on stream a new 125 tonnes ladle furnace of one mtpa capacity installed at a cost of Rs 53 crore," SAIL said in a statement. The ladle furnace, used to refine crude steel for making value-added steel, is part of the Rs 2,875 crore expansion and modernisation programme of the state-run firm in DSP. This is the third ladle furnace in DSP.
"SAIL Durgapur has gone one level up in production of higher quantities of value-added steel, a further step towards meeting ultimate objective - superior customer experience," company Chairman C S Verma said while inaugurating the furnace. The furnace will increase productivity by speeding up supply of liquid steel to three existing continuous casters. The company also plans to enhance DSP's capacity from the present level of 1.60 MT of saleable steel to 2.12 MT. Post completion, DSP will also improve the volume of finished component in its product basket from the present level of 36 per cent to 64 per cent.
