India: SAIL RSP Registers Record Hot Metal Production in Feb'20

SAIL's Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has registered the highest production of hot metal from two of its blast furnaces in the month of February, officials said on 08 Mar'20.

The steel plant produced 2,29,704 MT of hot metal from Blast Furnace-5 and 82,300 MT from Blast Furnace-1, which are the best February productions of the respective furnaces since inception, it said in a statement.

The RSP has also achieved the highest February production of crude steel and saleable steel. It produced 3,06,510 MT of crude steel and 2,81,501 MT of saleable steel. It has also registered the highest February production of HR coil at 1,52,917 MT.

RSP registered its best monthly dispatch by dispatching 1,15,898 MT of HR coils for sale, the statement said.

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