Durgapur Steel Plant, a unit of SAIL, has recorded its all-time best performance in 2012-13. Output of hot metal, crude steel and saleable steel grew seven per cent, six per cent and five per cent, respectively.
Production of special steel and supply of wheel and axle were up by 16 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively. Continuous casting, blend mix and sinter were also up. The production figures exceeded annual targets.
The plant has also recorded the best-ever techno-economic performance in important parameters such as blast furnace productivity, sinter plant productivity, total metallic input, specific water consumption and manpower productivity.
According to P.K. Singh, CEO of DSP, the record-breaking performance in the financial year 2012-13 “sets a new trend in DSP for the coming years”.