RINL to set up new units with Rs 5000 Cr

Friday, 13 January 2012 09:23

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Vizag: The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant today announced that Rs 5000 crores worth new units to come up in its current location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

The Board of RINL has given its nod to go ahead for setting up of a Seamless Tube Mill at an estimated cost of Rs 2300 crores and installation of a new Coke Oven Battery -5 at an estimated cost of Rs. 2620 crores in its location at Visakhapatnam where already the integrated commissioning of current expansion to 6.3 mtpa (at a cost of Rs. 12,300 crores) is in full swing and nearing completion.

As a major initiative of expanding its product mix capacity, the Navratna RINL, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is going to set up a Seamless Tube Mill (SLTM) of 4 lakh ton/per annum capacity. RINL will adopt latest tube making technology with state-of-the art automation.

RINL is going to produce Seamless Tubes of 5.5î to 18î with a provision to produce even less than 5.5î tubes in the existing layout of the plant. The unique feature of the proposed SLTM is that it has the option to produce above 18î tubes by creating additional facilities in future. Currently, only up to 14î tubes are being produced in the private sector. Once RINL completes its plan to produce 18î and above Seamless Tubes, it will become the only Steel Plant in the country in both public and private sectors to produce such high dia tubes, Mr A P Choudhary, CMD, RINL said. The new mill will be completed in 30 months from the date of order placement.

The proposed Seamless Tube Mill will cater to the needs of Oil exploration & refining, Gas, petro chemicals, power sector, fertilizers as well as engineering industries. RINL will have the unique advantage of being shore based to export the Seamless Tubes to Neighbouring Nations like Malaysia, Singapore, Korea etc. The setting up Seamless Tube Mill will be either through Joint Venture with suitable partner or stand - alone in case JV does not materialize.

New Coke Oven Battery - 5
In its journey to become 20 Mtpa by 2020 at a single location, RINL will build a new Coke Oven Battery-5 (COB 5) along with By-Product Plant and its associated facilities to meet its metallurgical coke needs. M/s M N Dastur&Co, the Consultant has already made the Detailed Project report.

The New Coke Oven Battery would be 7 Metre tall and fully environmental friendly 67 Ovens each and Top Charging Battery. For the first time, VSP is installing ìClausî plant for recovery of ëelemental sulphurí, which will help in maintaining the sulphur content in the effluents much below the stipulated norms. The COB -5 is coming up as a stand- alone battery, comprising of By product Plant, Coke Dry Quenching, Coal&Coke Handling Plant, Phenolic effluent treatment plant etc.

Mr AP Choudhary, CMD firmly believes that along with growth and future expansion facilities, utmost care should be given to pollution control and effective environment management system. In this context, CMD informed that out of Rs.2620 crores envisaged for new COB 5, around Rs.500 crores would be spent on environment management system.

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