RSP RECORDS BEST PERFORMANCE IN MAY
Rourkela Steel Plant
(RSP) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL), a public sector
undertaking of the Steel Ministry has recorded best ever performance
in May 2002, by producing 228044 tonnes of sinter, 128006 tonnes
of cast slabs and 108655 tonnes of HR Coils. During the month
the continuous casting machines (CCM I & II) had also record
performances. The blast furnaces produced 150070 tonnes of hot
metal the best ever production in any month so far since inception.
During
the month, the plant despatched 68740 tonnes of HR Coils, 6685
tonnes of CRNO and 133520 tonnes of saleable steel which represent
best ever May sales since inception. The month also witnessed
the lowest ever stocks of saleable steel, brought down to less
than two weeks production.
The last fiscal saw
a growth of sales of RSP products by 14 per cent and for the current
year the planned growth in sales is 20 per cent. In order to improve
its bottom line, Rourkela collective has initiated several steps
to cut down costs by increased capacity utilization, improvement
in yield, improvement in techno-economic parameters and optimizing
the consumption of various costly inputs.
In the recently concluded
workshop at Ranchi for SAIL's integrated Plants, RSP received
approval for its most ambitious cost reduction plan of Rs.190
crore for the current financial year. In tune with these exacting
standards, RSP has achieved its lowest ever coke rate of 577 kg/tonne
of hot metal in the month of May itself. Efforts are also underway
to bring down energy consumption by 8 per cent for the whole year.
