Vizag Steel Plant has managed to revive 90% capacity in major units of the plants, a month after plant operations came to a grinding halt due to a complete disruption to the plant's in power supply in the aftermath of Cyclone Hudhud on October 12.
While a number of units like the Captive Power plant, Raw Material handling plant and the Coke ovens have already reached 90% of the present capacity, the Blast Furnaces and Steel Melt shop have achieved 60% of capacity and it are slated to reach their rated capacities shortly. RINL has successfully restored its captive power generation to around 225 MW currently thereby reducing dependency on the state grid.
"All the rolling mills including the new Wire Rod Mill-2 have commenced production and the products have started reaching the market in various parts of the country. All the necessary steps are being put in place to ramp up the production and reach the full capacities in Steel Melt Shop and Blast Furnaces within the next week," P Madhusudan, CMD, RINL said. The repairs to the roof damages have also been taken up on war footing and work in critical areas has already been completed. Replacement of Replacement of damaged roof sheets in other areas are likely to start in a day or two and are likely to be completed within the next four weeks.
Souerce: ET
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