RSP EARNS RS.
6.5 CRORE FROM COAL CHEMICALS IN APRIL
Rourkela Steel Plant
(RSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) achieved a Net
Sales Realisation (NSR) of Rs.6.5 crore, in Coal Chemicals, in
the month of April 2002, which included a record despatch of 6061
tonnes of crude tar. This is the best achieved record since inception.
The NSR for Coal Chemicals during 2001-02 was Rs.33.39 crore.
Coal Chemicals form
the chief raw material for manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals,
insecticides, pesticides, flavours, perfumes, rubber chemicals,
carbon black for tyres, plastics and many other products indispensable
to modern day living. Major by-products of RSP are Extra Hard
Pitch, Anthracene Oil, Light Creosote Oil (LCO), Light Oil, Hot
pressed Naphthalene, Carbolic Oil and Ammonium Sulphate. Anthracene
Oil is marketed to M/s Hitech Carbon and M/s Ralsen Carbon Black.
RSP's LCO is used as a substitute for furnace oil in CPP-1 and
Hot Strip Mill.
