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Employees of Blast Furnaces of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant awarded under the ‘SAIL Shabash’ Scheme

Newsmantra — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:00:58 +0000

In a function held at the Blast Furnace-5 Administrative Building Conference Hall of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant on 11^th January, 2025, 14 employees including executives of the Department were awarded under ‘SAIL Shabash’ Scheme for their commendable jobs. Mr. Atish Chandra Sarkar, CGM (Iron) presided over the function and handed over the awards in the presence of Mr. Sumit Kumar, CGM (Blast Furnaces). Also present on the occasion were Mr. S Deb, GM, BF (Mechanical), Mr. K B Prasad, GM, BF (Electrical), Mr. S. K. Sharma, GM, BF (Operation) and other Senior officers of the Department.

Mr. Sarkar appreciated the sincere efforts of the employees and encouraged them to continue to work with similar zest.

It is worth mentioning here that the employees were awarded for Commissioning of Mixed Gas enrichment at stoves of BF-1, Modification of U-Seal – 1 of BF gas line at BF-5, Installation of Audio-Visual alarm system for gas leak at U-Seal area of BF-5 gas line, Implementation of 6 skip charging system at BF-1 to enhance production, Identification of Hot Spot on Blow Pipe on 25th Nov’2024 and take corrective action and Silencer cleaning activities at Waste Gas heat Recovery System.

The programme was coordinated by Mr. A S Routray, Senior Manager, Blast Furnaces.

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Blast Furnaces of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant set new H-1 production record

Newsmantra — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 13:54:14 +0000

The Blast Furnaces of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) have set new production records in the H-1 of the current financial year. The Blast Furnace-1 and Blast Furnace-5 produced 483789 tons and 1512543 tons of hot metal respectively in the first six months to register their best ever April-September performances. 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% 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 11^th September, 2024 to register the record single day. The ERW Pipe Plant made 607 tons of pipes on 23^rd September to clock its new single day production record.

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

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