Metallurgical Industries sector projects by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited in Visakhapatnam
Project Information
6059
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant would soon complete the major expansion project taken up at a cost of around INR 12,500 crore, with state-run steel major Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited expected to complete commissioning of its 6.3 million tonne per annum expansion project by September.
Mr P Madhusudan, CMD of RINL, said that "We have completed commissioning of all units except 2 rolling mills a special bar mill and structural mill. The commissioning will be completed in the first half of the fiscal."
According to RINL sources, blast furnace-3, steel melting shop-2 and converter have been commissioned along with continuous casting machines and sinter plant 3. The thermal power units have also been commissioned along with water, power and utility systems.
RINL sources said that following the completion of the expansion it would take around one year for production to be on full steam.
A RINL official said that "Blast furnace 1 is undergoing capital repairs and this should be over by the end of this month. It will take about 1 or 2 months for the blast furnace to run at full capacity as each of the allied systems have to be put in place and the production will slowly be raised over a period of time so that it will reach 100% capacity utilisation."
Project Value
INR 12500 Crore /-
Work Commenced
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
India
Metallurgical Industries
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