JSPL starts country's largest billet caster plant in Odisha

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) today commissioned the country's largest billet caster plant at Angul in Odisha.
The billet caster plant, which would cast molten steel into semis of various sizes and shapes, would help the company to produce various long products used in construction sector.
"We have commissioned India's largest capacity billet caster plant in Angul within a record time of one year; setting yet another benchmark in the country," JSPL's Managing Director and Group CEO Ravi Uppal said in a statement.
JSPL has a 2.5 mtpa steel making capacity at Angul and the company plans to raise it to six mtpa.

Commissioning of the billet caster plant, as part of its expansion plan, would enable JSPL to produce long products in addition to flat products already produced at the Angul plant.
The billet caster unit has a maximum capacity of 2.3 mtpa and a casting speed of 3.6 mtr/minute, the fastest in the world, JSPL said.
The plant also has the biggest Electric Arc Furnace and the widest plate mill in India.