Indian state-run steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited’s (SAIL) Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) achieved the highest-ever liquid hot metal output from its two blast furnaces BF 1 and BF 5 in the first half (April-September) of the fiscal 2024-25, a company statement said on Tuesday, October 8.
According to the company, BF 1 and BF 2 achieved liquid hot metal outputs of 483,789 mt and 1,512,543 mt, respectively, the highest-ever outputs recorded in the half year of any fiscal year.
RSP’s Hot Strip Mill-2 recorded production of 1,264,792 mt of hot rolled coil during the period, a rise of 8.9 percent over the corresponding period of the previous fiscal year.