100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

1933
Two new roughing
and finishing mills
were set up.
1935
A new blast furnace
along with coke ovens
was added.
In 1939, a capacity of 800,000 tonnes
was achieved. Tata Steel was then
regarded as the largest steel plant in the
British Empire and also the cheapest
exporter of pig iron in the world!
1990-94
Modernisation Phase III
• The highly automated G blast
furnace was installed with special
charging and distribution system.
• LD Shop 2 with 130 tonne capacity
LD vessels was set up.
• Two single stranded slab casters
were installed.
• A semi-continuous Hot Strip Mill
was introduced.
1995-1999
Modernisation Phase IV
• The hot metal capacity was raised to
3 million tonnes per annum, crude steel
capacity to 3.5 mtpa and saleable steel
capacity to 3.2 mtpa.
• One ladle furnace each was added to LD1
and LD2.
• The 3rd single strand slab caster and 3rd
converter were installed.
• Continuous Casting was increased to 95%
from 65%.
• The Hot Strip Mill capacity doubled to 2
million tonnes.
2000-2005
Modernisation Phase V
• IT enabled processes through
the implementation of the ERP
driven SAP and Ban systems
were introduced to break
prevalent mindsets through
Knowledge Management.
• The state-of-the-art Cold
Rolling Mill (1.2 million tonnes)
was inaugurated with output
of 800,000 tonnes of cold rolled
and annealed products and
about 400,000 tonnes of cold
rolled coated products.
1967-68
Mine development
and ore beneficiation
were undertaken at
Noamundi.
1968-69
Under the Colliery
Expansion project,
modern mining
techniques were used
to increase output and
improve quality.
1972-73
Coal washeries were
set up at Jamadoba
and West Bokaro
(a first in India).
2006-07
The Jamshedpur works
crossed the 5 million
tonnes mark in crude steel
production – the only plant
in India to have achieved
this milestone.
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