Tata Steel Kalinganagar hot metal production crosses 2 MT mark

Tata Steel Kalinganagar, the largest greenfield steel plant in Odisha today said hot metal production at its blast furnace crossed 2 million tonne on February 19.

The plant, which boasts of the largest operating blast furnace of the country with 4,330 cubic metre capacity, was blown in on February 28 last year. The blast furnace achieved the first million tonne production of hot metal on October 9, 2016.

The company took about 133 days to reach 2 million tonne production from 1 million tonne. The second million tonne was achieved at a production rate of 7,520 tonnes per day, which is at an operating rate of 2.8 million tonne per annum, a company statement said here.

Subsequent to the commencement of commercial production in May 2016, the state-of-the-art steel plant has also started exports of HR coil and Tata ferro-shots to various countries, it said.

Tata Steel Group stands among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 28 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and a turnover of USD 17.69 billion in FY16.

It is the world's second-most geographically diversified steel producer, with operations in 26 countries and commercial presence in over 50 countries.

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