Visakhapatnam steel plant achieves a steelmaking milestone

RINL-Visakhapatnam steel plant achieved a steelmaking milestone by casting 430 mm Rounds from Caster 4 in Steel Melting Shop -2 (SMS-2) on Saturday night. "The Caster was built at a cost of around Rs 200 crores in Steel Melt Shop-2, to produce higher diameter 430 mm Rounds for the first time in India," an official statement said. The new Caster is the prime source of raw material for the upcoming forged wheel plant at Rae Bareli in UP, which is scheduled to be commissioned during September 2019. The Rounds can be used in Seamless pipe, precious forging and wheel application etc.