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The rebuilt Blast Furnace-1 ‘Parvati’ of SAIL, Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) was dedicated to the nation by Union Minister of Steel, Chaudhary Birender Singh on Monday.
A SAIL statement said, “Parvati is the first Blast Furnace of SAIL that was dedicated to the nation on February 3, 1959 by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad. The Blast Furnace was put down on August 6, 2013 for total rebuilding.”
“Although erected on the old foundation, the rebuilt furnace equipped with superior technology has a higher production capacity. With the rebuilding, the annual production capacity, of the furnace has increased from 0.438 million tonne (MT) to 1.015 MT,” the statement added.
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