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RSP blast furnace registers record production

Rourkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), the integrated steel facility of state-run SAIL, said it has registered a record production of 7,282 tonnes of hot metal in its blast furnace on Oct. 11.

The blast furnace unit also achieved the best shift record since inception in ‘c’ shift on Sunday, breaking the previous record of 2,479 tonnes, the highest for any furnace, on March 28, 2006.

Blast furnace-four has registered a record production of 2,637 tonnes, the highest for any furnace on a single day since its inception surpassing the figure of 2,611 tonnes which it had notched up on October 3 this year. Blast furnace-three produced 1,639 tonnes which was its highest production since its inception, the sources said. The unit would achieve the challenging targets it has set for itself, RSP Managing Director B N Singh said. PTI

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