"SAIL and RINL are executing modernisation and expansion plan aimed at increasing their hot metal capacity to 23.1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) and 7.3 MTPA, respectively by 2016-17," Mines and Steel Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in a reply to Lok Sabha.
PSUs -- Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) and NMDC -- are in the process of implementing significant expansion in the crude/finished steel capacities in their respective brown field/greenfield locations, the minister said.
While, SAIL has eight steel plants in states like West Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, RINL is operating one steel plant in Andhra Pradesh, he said.
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