Modernisation of Sail
The Union Minister of Steel Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has undertaken modernisation and expansion at its five integrated steel plants at Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) at Bhilai, Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) at Bokaro, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) at Rourkela, Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur & IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur and special steel plant at Salem. The expansion of Salem Steel Plant (SSP) has been completed in September’ 2010 and facilities are in use for production. As regards expansion of other plants, all major packages have been ordered and these packages are under various stages of execution.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, he said that upon completion of the current phase of modernisation and expansion, the crude steel production capacity of SAIL would gradually increase to 21.4 million tonne per annum (MTPA) from existing 12.8 million tonne per annum (MTPA). Apart from increasing the production capacity, the modernisation project would address vital issues such as elimination of technological obsolescence, installing energy efficient and environment friendly technologies etc.
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