Rourkela: Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has set a new benchmark by producing 11,940 tonnes of Hot Metal on 20th January 2020 with Blast Furnace 5 and 1. The previous best figure with two blast furnaces operations was of 11,504 Tonnes achieved on 25th November 2019.

RSP ED(P & A) Raj Vir Singh visited the department and congratulated the Blast Furnaces collective and all associated departments for their integrated effort and outstanding performance. Reposing faith on the commitment and capability of RSP collective, Singh exhorted all to strive for achieving the APP targets.

Present at the congratulatory event were CGM, Blast Furnaces B R Babu.