Battling demand slump in the domestic market induced by Covid-19 pandemic, Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has found its foot in the export market.
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of SAIL is increasingly tapping the export markets to generate revenues amid demand sluggishness. Aided by SAIL’s Central Market Organisation (CMO), RSP has bene able to bag sizeable export orders.
RSP recently completed exports of 60,000t of special grade slabs to China and 2700t of new plate mill plates to Vietnam. The special grade slabs were dispatched to China in two consignments. The first consignment of 29,314t of slabs was dispatched through 11 rakes between April 27 and May 6. The slabs were sent through Visakhapatnam port to Iangyin port of China.
The 2nd consignment of 30,592t was dispatched in 10 rakes between May 17 and June 7. This consignment was also sent from Visakhapatnam port to Zhangjiagang port of China.
On May 25, RSP bagged an order of 2700 t of ASTM A-36 grade Plate Mill Plates from Duferco S A, Vietnam in thickness 12 mm to 40 mm and in width of 2000 mm. In some cases, the length requirement was of 6000 mm which was never made in New Plate Mill, earlier. However, with necessary modifications and adherence to stringent quality parameters, the entire consignment was rolled in New Plate Mill within the shortest possible time. In all, 2668t of plates were dispatched on June 5 to Paradip port from where they would be shipped to Vietnam.
Earlier, in April, RSP had also sent 485t of 250 BR plates with 20 mm thickness to Bangladesh by road through Dankuni Stockyard of CMO, SAIL.
RSP was the first plant in India to incorporate LD (Linz-Donawitz) technology of steel making. It is also the first steel plant in SAIL and the only one presently where 100 per cent of slabs are produced through the cost-effective and quality-centric continuous casting route. It is SAIL’s only plant that produce silicon steels for the power sector and high quality pipes for the oil & gas sector. Its wide and sophisticated product range includes various flat, tubular and coated products.
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