RINL's blast furnace-3 at Vizag plant achieves rated capacity

VISAKHAPATNAM: The blast furnace at Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd's ( RINL's) plant has achieved rated capacity.

"The blast furnace-3 has achieved rated capacity yesterday, which is a major step in its expansion project of 6.3 mtpa capacity," a company release said here today.

"The blast furnace of 3800 cum volume produced 7,155 tonnes of hot metal against the rated capacity of 7,150 tonnes /day with a blast furnace productivity of 2.2 tonnes/per/cum/ day," it said.

The Chairman and Managing Director of the plant A P Choudhary visited the plant today.

"The skilled workforce with their meticulous planning helped RINL to achieve this milestone with regard to Blast Furnace-3," the release quoted Choudhury as saying.