Sesa Goa Ltd (SGL) has commissioned the third blast furnace of 450 m3 capacity with the hot metal production beginning on August 17, making its pig iron plant the largest producer of low phosphorous pig iron in the country.
The installed capacity of the pig iron plant has increased to 0.625 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from 0.250 mtpa. SGL has also expanded the metallurgical coke capacity from 0.28 million tonnes per annum to 0.56 mtpa.
SGL said the planned commissioning of the associated sinter plant of 0.8 mtpa in the current quarter was also on course.