Rourkela steel plant's ore bedding and blending plant creates new record in single day wagon unloading

ROURKELA: The Ore Bedding and Blending Plant (OBBP) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has created a new record in single day wagon unloading on November 27 by breaking its own record achieved earlier this month.

The OBBP collective notched up the highest ever figures by unloading a total of 435 wagons on the day. It is noteworthy that the previous best was of 433 wagons recorded on November 12, RSP sources said today.

As a part of the massive modernisation and expansion being implemented at RSP, the Raw Material Handling Facility has been augmented, they said.

Post expansion, the unit has now a capacity of 12 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA). The augmentation facilities that have been added include, receiving, unloading, reclaiming and transporting of raw materials required for Blast Furnace-5, Calcining Plant and Sintering Plants.

Besides substantially reducing the Demurrage, such record numbers of wagon unloading also improve the fines and base mix stacking at the department.

RSP's CEO G S Prasad congratulated the collective on its performance and called for focusing on enhancing the base mix preparation as the prerequisite for enhancing hot metal production.