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SAIL Steel Production up by 6% in Q1 ‘14
Steel Authority of India
Limited (SAIL) has achieved
the highest ever Q1 production
of saleable steel at 3.2 million
tonnes (MT), up by 6 percent over
corresponding period last year
(CPLY). In the first quarter of FY
’14, SAIL has registered impressive
growth in various production
and techno-economic parameters.
Production of value added
steel touched the best ever Q1
mark, at 1.28 MT, a y-o-y growth
of 4 percent. Efficiency of production
also got a boost with specific
energy consumption at 6.57 gcal/
tcs, lower by 1 percent than CPLY,
and BF productivity of 1.57 t/
Cum/day, better by 2 percent. As
for the month of June ’13, saleable
steel production of 1.08 MT was
higher by 7 percent compared to
same month last year.
The Modernization & Expansion
programme (MEP) received new
fillip during the quarter with the
commissioning of new Coke Oven
Battery No. 6 at SAIL Rourkela
Steel Plant (RSP) in June this year.
The new Battery complex, built at
a cost of Rs. 1400 crore, has an annual
capacity of 0.768 MT. Other
projects under MEP which started
production include new Sinter
Plant and Coke Oven at RSP, Air
Separation Unit of Oxygen Plant
at Bhilai Steel Plant, Raw materials
Handling Plant, Coke Oven,
Sinter Plant and Wire Rod Mill &
RHF at IISCO Steel Plant.
During April-June 2013, new
projects worth around Rs 2700
crore have commenced production,
significant among them are
the new 7 meter tall battery complex
along with coke dry cooling
plant and the 2500-mm wide slab
caster, both at RSP. The new 4,060
cubic meter blast furnace at RSP
will also commence production
in the current month. This furnace
is the largest blast furnace
in the country. With several other
projects on the anvil, the annual
production capacity of hot metal
is expected to grow to 19 MT by
next fiscal from the current level
of14 MT.
Rural Electrification Projects under RGGVY
Entrusted to POWERGRID
The implementation of rural
electrification projects under
Rajiv Gandhi Grameen
Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY)
for Siddarthanagar, Deoria and
Pratapgarh districts of Uttar
Pradesh have been entrusted to
Powergrid Corporation of India
Ltd. (PGCIL). The project costs
for these districts are Rs. 5600.79
lakhs, Rs. 7154.18 lakhs & Rs.
11655.45 lakhs respectively.
The projects shall be executed
within two years from the date of
award of the projects by PGCIL.
A letter to this effect was handed
over by Mr. Rajeev Sharma,
CMD REC to Mr. R.N. Nayak,
CMD PGCIL in the presence of
Mr. Jagdambika Pal, Member of
Seen in the picture (L to R) are Mr. Rajeev Sharma, CMD, REC, Mr. Jagdambika Pal, M.P.,
Smt. Rajkumari Ratna Singh, M.P. & Mr. R. N. Nayak, CMD, PGCIL.
Parliament, Smt. Rajkumari Ratna
Singh, Member of Parliament and
other senior officers of REC and
PGCIL.
Kaleidoscope July 2013
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