By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: 10.78 Million Ton Total Finished Steel Exported in 2020-21. Steel is a de-regulated sector. Commercial decisions such as exports are taken by the steel companies. The total steel production capacity of the country at present is 143.91 million tonnes, Union Minister for Steel Ram Chandra Prasad Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha said.
As per Indian Mineral Yearbook, 2019 published by Indian Bureau of Mines, there were 254 reporting mines in 2018-19, out of which 35 mines were in the Public Sector and 219 in Private Sector.
Peak Supply of 4749 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen during Pandemic. 165 Oxygen Concentrators and 4 PSA Plants established by Steel PSUs.
The steps taken by steel sector to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and bring relief to the people include:-
(i) Enhancing Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) production and supply;
(ii) Earmarking beds for Covid patients in hospitals within the steel plants;
(iii) Establishment of Jumbo Covid Care facilities using supply of gaseous oxygen;
(iv) Commissioning of Pressure Swing Absorption (PSA) units in steel plants;
(v) Arranging additional ventilators, Oxygen concentrators, CPAP machines;
(vi) Organizing vaccination drives.
