Rourkela Steel 19.2% Production Growth
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP),which had to curtail production in the first quarter of the current fiscal due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, said it has registered a 19.2-per cent growth in saleable steel production in July-September. In the September quarter, the company produced 96,700 tonnes of hot metal, 9,22,713 tonnes of crude steel and 8,65,103 tonnes of saleable steel, thereby posting growth of 17.6 per cent, 16.1 per cent and 19.2 per cent, respectively, as compared to the corresponding period last year. The total HR coil output has seen a 16.6-per cent year-on-year growth, while the rolling of plates from new plate mill rose by 14.2 per cent, it said. The steel plant has also notched up "best September performance" on several fronts, including production of hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel. "RSP is the first PSU steel plant to set up a COVID testing centre and plasma bank for containment and treatment of the highly infectious disease," the company added.
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