State-run Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) started heating up of Coke Oven Battery-5.
PK Rath, CMD, RINL-VSP launched multi-project commissioning activities of new Coke Oven Battery--5 Project Complex i.e. heating up of Battery-5.
The COB-5 was constructed along with the existing batteries at an estimated cost of Rs.2,500 crores with a production capacity of 8.40 lakh tons of Blast Furnace grade Coke per year, one of the key raw materials for Hot Metal production.
While addressing the gathering, Rath congratulated all the persons involved in the Battery Project and stressed the importance of the commissioning of the Battery as per schedule and exhorted them to put all out efforts to achieve the same with strict adherence to safety standards. He appealed to them to display team spirit and commitment to complete COB-5 as per schedule.
The CMD also inaugurated pumping operations from KBR2, opened retail outlet at Peda Gantyada and commissioned LPG 2 plant. He congratulated all the persons involved for pumping operations from Kaniti Balancing Reservoir2 (KBR2), retail outlet at Gantyada and commissioning of LPG 2 Plant.
P Raychaudhury, Director (Commercial & (Projects I/C), VV Venugopal Rao, Director (Finance), OR Ramani, ED (Works) I/c, Sri R Nagarajan, ED (Projects) I/c and senior officials were present on the occasion.
The Battery charging will be taken up after achieving required temperature in the Battery, which will take about 3 months.
Kaniti Balancing Reservoir-2
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