Durgapur Steel Plant hot metal output up 8% in Nov

Jayanta Mallick Updated - December 02, 2014 at 03:36 PM.

Durgapur Steel Plant of SAIL has reported improved production in November.

Production of hot metal and crude steel grew six and one per cent, respectively over the corresponding month last year. Production of special steel and value-added products touched 81 per cent of the total saleable steel output during the month.​

In the last eight months of this financial year, the three finishing mills -- section mill, merchant mill and wheel & axle plant have recorded a growth of 1 per cent, 4 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively.

Published on December 2, 2014 09:55