Durgapur Steel Plant, a unit of SAIL, recorded its all-time best production of saleable steel and special and valued added steel during 2014-15. The plant’s output of finished steel was up 3 per cent, while the wheel and axle unit notched up an impressive 22 per cent growth.
In a statement, DSP said that, even with only two blast furnaces in operation throughout March, the plant was able to achieve its annual targets. Major repairs of the blast furnace No. 3 are under way.