JSPL commissions billet plant at Angul

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) has commissioned its billet caster plant at its 2.5 million tonne per annum (MTPA) integrated steel making complex at Angul, in addition to its existing steel plate unit.

“This would enhance our regional product portfolio since we will now be able to produce long products in addition to the flat products already being produced in the Angul plant,” said Ravi Uppal, managing director and group chief executive of JSPL in a statement.

Billets are produced from molten iron metal and can be further processed into long products, which are primarily used in construction sector. The recently commissioned unit has a maximum capacity of 2.3 MTPA and has a casting speed of 3.6 meter per minute, the fastest in the world.

As part of the 6 MTPA integrated steel project in Angul, first phase of 2.5 MTPA has already been completed. JSPL has, so far, set up the world’s first coal gasification plant to produce sponge iron using indigenous high ash coal . The Angul plant also has the biggest electric arc furnace and the widest plate mill in India. The plate producing unit caters to steel demand in automobile sector.