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SAIL Chairman Urges Completion of ISP Upgrade
08/16/2011 - The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), C.S. Verma, recently visited IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur in West Bengal to review progress of its ongoing modernization and expansion program. He urged project officials to expedite the projects that have been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Chairman of Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), C.S. Verma, recently visited IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur in West Bengal to review progress of its ongoing modernization and expansion program being implemented at a cost of about Rs. 16,408 crore. Most of the projects under ISP's modernization and expansion program are in an advanced stage of completion, but some are close to commissioning stage.
Verma urged the project officials to make all-out efforts to expedite the projects that have been delayed due to unforeseen circumstances, stressing the need to complete the projects on time. Among the project sites he visited are the new Coke Oven Battery (COB) and its interconnecting zone, Raw Material Handling System, Railway Yard, Water Treatment Plant, Power & Blowing Station, Coke & Sinter Dispatch Yard, Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) and Wire & Rod Mill.
Construction of the integrated steel plant with capacity to produce 2.5 million tonnes (MT) of crude steel per annum in an area of 953 acres of land has been a challenge, the company admits. Major facilities coming up in the ISP's modernization and expansion program include a 7-m-tall COB along with an environment-friendly coke dry quenching system; two 204-m2 sinter machines; a new Blast Furnace of 4060 m3 volume with top pressure recovery turbine and coal dust injection system; three 150-tonne BOF converters, two 6-strand billet casters, and one 4-strand bloom-cum-beam blank caster; Universal Heavy Section Mill of 0.6 MT per annum capacity; 0.5 MT-per-annum Wire Rod Mill; and 0.75 MT-per-annum Bar Mill with necessary auxiliary and service facilities.
Four major projects—Wire Rod Mill, Raw Material Handling System designed to handle 7.56 MT of raw material, 3.88 MT-per-annum Sinter Plant, and 2x750 tonnes-per-day Oxygen Plant—are almost ready for commissioning. The Wire Rod Mill will produce cold-headed quality for fasteners, critical wire rope applications, and special quality electrodes.
For remaining projects, almost all piling work and structural fabrication has been completed. Supply of equipment for most projects has also been completed, and their erection is in an advanced stage of progress.
