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Union steel and mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar today inaugurated the new plate mill of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), a unit of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
The newly added facility is a 4,300 mm wide plate mill, one of the widest plate mills in the country, with latest features enabling it to roll plates of very high strength.
The mill includes advanced features such as computerised control system to maximise yield and high capacity levellers with hydraulic control to produce distortion free plates. It has a capacity of one million tonne per annum (MTPA) with provision for expanding the output to 1.8 MTPA in future, RSP said in a statement.
After inaugurating the plate mill facility Tomar said, "I am sure they will do their best for ramping up production from the newly operationalized facilities further to reap full benefits of the modernisation." The new plate mill facility is part of RSP's Rs 12,000 crore expansion project that aims to double the capacity of steel production at the unit from 2 MTPA to 4.5 MTPA.
Tomar made his maiden visit to RSP on Sunday to witness the integrated functioning of the modernised plant.
