(Steel Guru)
SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant has recorded a remarkable growth of 42% in production of prime 260 metre long rail panels in 2019-20 over 2018-19. Cumulative production of UTS 90 prime rails from the new state-of-the-art Universal Rail Mill in 2019-20 has been 5.38 lakh tonnes, clocking a whopping 46% growth over production of 3.69 lakh tonnes by URM in 2018-19. Cumulative production of UTS 90 prime rails from Rail & Structural Mill in 2019-20 has been 7.47 lakh tonnes, registering an astounding growth of 21% over production of 6.16 lakh tonnes by RSM over CPLY. SAIL- Bhilai Steel Plant ended the fiscal 2019-20 with a cumulative production of 12.85 lakh tonnes of UTS 90 prime rails, thereby registering an impressive growth of 30% over the volume of prime UTS 90 rails produced over CPLY. In 2018-19, the Plant had produced 9.85 lakh tonnes of UTS 90 prime rails.
SAIL Chairman Mr Anil Kumar Chaudhary said “SAIL is committed to fulfil the requirements of Indian Railways. SAIL and Indian Railways share a synergy of more than sixty years which have been moving India swiftly on railways. We are continuously ramping up our production of rails, especially the long rails to cater to the requirements of Indian Railways.”
