India : NINL Hot Metal Output Soars 111% in FY19
Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) has witnessed 111 percent surge in its hot metal output for the last financial year ended March 31, 2019.
NINL’s hot metal production of 0.76 million tonnes (mt) is the best since its plant at Duburi in Odisha’s Kalinganagar Industrial Complex commenced commercial operations.
Pig iron production grew by 83.2 percent to 0.33 mt, the steel mill's second-best since the date of starting commercial operations. Sinter output, too, witnessed a robust spike of 91.1 percent to reach 1.18 mt.
NINL accomplished long steel and billets production of 76,866 tonnes and 68,081 tonnes respectively.
SS Mohanty, vice-chairman & managing director of NINL said, “NINL is in turnaround mode. Several activities are lined up for execution in the present fiscal which will strengthen the company. Operation of the captive mines is also expected soon which will be a game changer for the company.”
The company is expected to start operation of its 110 million tonne reserves iron ore captive mines from the first quarter of the present fiscal. It has already got environment clearance, Stage-I forest clearance and completed the execution of mines lease.
The steel PSU operates 1.1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar. The plant went through a major blast furnace overhaul beginning late November 2017 and resumed operations in May 2018. The steel unit recommenced billets production in December last year. It has also forayed into production of special grade billets which have applications in electrical power transmission towers growing at a frenetic pace in the country. NINL also plans to market its own brand of TMT, wire rods and structures through conversion agents.
MMTC is the top equity holder in NINL with a share of 49.9 percent. Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Ipicol), the two state-run PSUs, are the other major stakeholders.
source: SteelMint
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