By Our Correspondent
ANGUL/BHUBANESWAR: Jindal Steel and Power Limited Chairman and former Lok Sabha MP, Naveen Jindal has visited Company’s plant in coal bearing Angul in Odisha and took stock of the operations and progress works at the plant site. “? ?????? ?? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???, ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ??? ???: ???? ???????. Our Chairman @MPNaveenJindal reviewing operations & progress with the teams at our integrated steel making complex in Angul, Odisha,” JSPL tweeted@JSPLCorporate.
Naveen Jindal’s visit to Angul assumes greater significance with JSPL bidding for as many as 4 Coal Blocks and strongly eyeing on big size coal reserve blocks like Chendipada in Angul in Odisha besides it also eyeing on coal blocks in central India, particularly, in Chattisgarh, where the company has also a big plant at Raigarh bordering Odisha.
Few days back, the Steel maker got approval from Railway Ministry for regular rail supplier status for its upcoming and ongoing projects , making JSPL Group the first private company to get such approval from the national transporter. Indian Railways normally gets its rail supplies from public sector entity Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) that makes several railway grade steel at its Bhilai Steel plant. Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), which works under the ambit of the Railway Board, has approved field performance of UIC 60 kg, 880 Grade prime (Class- A) rails made by JSPL at its Raigarh Plant.
The Combi Caster at JSPL Angul reached its longest ever Casting Sequence of 28 heats (in a single tundish), producing 6829MT of billets last month. Last month, the Naveen Jindal led JSPL had set a record in producing 9079 MT Slabs with a longest sequence of 40 heats with casting duration of 40 hrs 24 mins in a single tundish (single SEN- without tube changer) in slab caster. Part of $25 Billion O.P Jindal Group, JSPL is an industrial powerhouse with a dominant presence in steel, power, mining and infrastructure sectors.
