12th December, 2003
Ministry of Steel  


WORKING OF SAIL PLANTS


RAJYA SABHA

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) Plants worked well above average capacity during the first six months of the current financial year. Plant-wise details of saleable steel production and labour productivity are as follows :

Plant

Saleable Steel Production ‘000 Tonnes

% Capacity

Utilisation

Bhilai Steel Plant

2015

128

Durgapur Steel Plant

743

94

Rourkela Steel Plant

796

95

Bokaro Steel Plant

1672

88

SAIL 4 Plants

5226

103

Alloy Steels Plant

53

57

Salem Steel Plant

35

40

Visvesvaraya Iron &

Steel Plant

48

124

SAIL Total

5362

101

Labour Productivity of 4 Integrated Steel Plants of SAIL during first half of the year 2003-04 is as follows :

Crude Steel/tonne/man/year

Plants

April-Sept.’03

Bhilai Steel Plant

174

Durgapur Steel Plant

121

Rourkela Steel Plant

82

Bokaro Steel Plant

130

SAIL 4 Plants

132

 

At present, SAIL has no plans to expand its capacity.

This information was given by the Minister of Steel, Shri Braja Kishore Tripathy in a written reply to the question of Shri Kalraj Mishra in Rajya Sabha today.