RSP commences operation of new Blast Furnace

ROURKELA: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has commenced operation of its new Blast Furnace-5.

On December 11, the Steel Plant produced 9,731 tonnes of hot metal, out of which 5,231 tonnes were by the new Blast Furnace 'Durga', RSP sources said today.

The steel plant is slated to achieve new milestones with many of the new units coming up under massive modernisation and expansion plans of RSP getting commissioned.

All the upstream and downstream units also contributed to this significant achievement by extending their timely support, sources said.

The new coke oven battery-6 is continually supporting the new furnace by increasing its average production by even surpassing 80 pushings per day.

The sintering units also contributed to the success by producing a total of 13,315 tonnes of sinter on the day with the Sintering Unit-3 accounting for a major share of 5,800 tonnes, sources added.

Expressing happiness over the achievement, RSP's CEO G S Prasad congratulated the employees for their perseverance and commitment for stabilising the operations at the state-of- the-art blast furnace.