SAIL’s Blast Furnaces, Rourkela Steel Plant set new H1 production record

New Delhi: The Blast Furnaces of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) have set new production records in the first half (H1) of the current financial year ended September 30, 2024.

Blast Furnace-1 and Blast Furnace-5 produced 483789 tons and 1512543 tons of hot metal, respectively, in the first six months, marking their best performances for April to September.

The State-of-the-art Hot Strip Mill-2 performed in tandem by rolling 1264792 tons of HR Coils in the same period to register its best H-1 performance which is a growth rate of 8.9 per cent over the corresponding period last year (CPLY).

In the month of September 2024, the Steel Plant set new benchmarks by producing 362279 tons of hot metal and 343186 tons of crude steel to register its best September performance so far.

The hot metal production with 2 operational furnaces touched a new high as Blast Furnace-1 (BF-1) and Blast Furnace-5 (BF-5) together produced 13375 tons on 11th September 2024 to register the record single day.  The ERW Pipe Plant made 607 tons of pipes on 23rd September to clock its new single-day production record.   

RSP also clocked its best specific water consumption rate of 2.83 cubic meters per ton of crude steel (m3/tcs) in September 2024 reaffirming its commitment to sustainability with the ongoing projects under the Zero Liquid Discharge mission.