Power List 2020

SAIL achieved nearly 5% growth in iron-ore production in the 2019 calender year. The eight iron-ore mines of SAIL located in the eastern region produced 43.67 million tonne of the key raw material in 2019. SAIL produced 16.3 million tonnes of crude steel in the current financial year.
Recently, L&T’s Metallurgical & Material Handling (MMH) business and Mitsubishi Corporation announced the commissioning of a hot strip mill for SAIL in Rourkela.

The mill will roll out carbon structural steel, high carbon steel, LPG cylinder steel, low alloy steel, auto-grade steel among others to cater to high-end market segments. The mill will have 3 million tonne per annum capacity and this plant will be built with the technology from Primetals Technologies and Hitachi Japan.

The mill will roll out different kinds of steel which are used in sectors like power transmission, amongst others. The mill will be one of the largest of its kind in India and will produce coils with thickness between 1.2 to 25.4 mm, width between 725 to 2150 mm and coil weight of up to 35 tonnes.
In the calendar year 2019, the Energy Management Department (EMD) of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) registered remarkable performance on different aspects. The department was able to accomplish many milestones on account of ISO Certification and improvements in techno-economic parameters with regard to energy consumption in the plant.