By Anurjay Dhal
BHUBANESWAR: India’s longest rail-cum road bridge on the mighty river Brahmaputra connecting Country’s North-East with rest parts, wore festive look , thanks to the meticulously designed special grade Copper bearing thick Steel Plates by Odisha’s Angul facility of Jindal Steel and Power Limited. JSPL is being run by Naveen Jindal , part of $25 Billion O.P Jindal Group, JSPL is an industrial powerhouse with a dominant presence in steel, power, mining and infrastructure sectors.
JSPL in a tweet on Friday morning in its official tweeter handle shared a mind blowing photo of River Brahmaputra, where the Company made special grade Copper bearing thick Steel Plates looks dazzling.
JINDAL STEEL & POWER @JSPLCorporate tweeted “ #DidYouKnow Our special grade copper bearing thick steel plates in IS 2062 E250C Cu / E410C Cu/ E410C Cu Z25 specifications were used for the construction of India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge on the mighty Brahmaputra. #JSPLAngul #JSPLPlates #Bogibeel #EngineeringMarvel,”
JSPL operates the world’s first coal gasification based DRI plant of 2.0 million tonne capacity at Angul in Odisha, where syngas is used to make direct-reduced iron (DRI) or sponge iron, an input required in the steel-making process. JSPL’s coal gasification plant capacity is 225,000 NM3 per hour of syngas, which is supporting the 2.0 million MT of syngas based DRI plant.
Even during Covid-19, JSPL Indian operations recorded ever highest monthly steel (including pig iron) production of 626,000 tonnes in June 2020. Even during Covid-19, JSPL Indian operations recorded ever highest monthly steel (including pig iron) production of 626,000 tonnes in June 2020 and ever highest quarterly steel (including pig iron) production of 1,670,000 tonnes in Q1 FY’21.
The company recorded a 12 per cent growth (quarter-on-quarter) in sales volumes and an 8 per cent rise (q-o-q) in standalone steel production (including pig iron) during Q1 FY21. JSPL clocked ever highest standalone export sales of 900,000 tonnes in Q1 FY21, the export sales contributed to 58 per cent of total sales volumes in Q1 FY21.
JSPL’s consolidated steel sales rises by 7 per cent Q-o-Q. Yes, owing to the Covid-19 lockdown, the domestic steel demand was subdued during the last quarter; hence export evacuation supported the plant operations and capacity utilization.
