11th September, 2002
Ministry of Steel  


BSL Q1 PRODUCTION UP 15 PER CENT


Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) of the Steel Authority of India Ltd has produced 320,000 tonnes of hot metal in June 2002 against 310,000 tonnes in June 2001. It has produced 293,000 tonnes of crude steel and 245,000 tonnes of hot rolled material against 282,000 tonnes and 224,000 tonnes respectively in the same month of the previous year. In overall production the campany has shown a positive growth of 15 per cent. With increased levels of production and better realisation, BSL has recorded a net profit during the month.

The plant is geared up for even higher levels of production and expects to attain much higher profit in the coming months of this fiscal.