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Global steel major Tata Steel is scaling up artificial intelligence, connected workforce systems and remote operations to make industrial safety more predictive, with the company already using more than 10,000 CCTV cameras and AI-enabled surveillance to identify unsafe behaviour and intervene before accidents occur, a top official said on Friday. "Most people use CCTVs for post-mortem after an incident. We want to do it proactively -- to prevent accidents. Tata Steel is scaling up AI, computer vision and remote operations to shift workplace safety from post-incident investigation to real-time accident prevention, with over 10,000 CCTV cameras across its operations," Rajiv Mangal, Vice President, Safety, Health and Sustainability, Tata Steel, told PTI. Over the past 15 years, Tata Steel has achieved a 38 per cent reduction in its lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) across the group. The company is using AI-enabled surveillance to detect unsafe acts and generate immediate alerts f
Tata Steel UK is expecting to secure access to electricity for its 3.2 million tonne electric arc furnace by 2029, company CEO T V Narendran said, noting that there is no delay in the construction of the project. As part of its decarbonisation plan, the steel major is setting up the UK's largest low-carbon EAF (electric arc furnace) project at Port Talbot replacing the non-operational blast furnace plant of similar capacity with an investment of 1.25 billion pounds. In a virtual interaction, Narendran, who is also the MD of Tata Steel, said the project is on track and will be ready by 2028. But the power supply may start in 2029. Talks are underway with National Grid -- the power supplier -- to work out solutions if the power supply can start early as Tata Steel UK (TSUK) will have to conduct trials before operationalising the project. "We are working with the power supplier to see if can we get some power supply before, because they are building the infrastructure. So if we can ge
Tata Steel on Monday said it plans to invest Rs 10,000 crore in its Jharkhand projects by 2028, which will create 2,000 direct and indirect jobs. The company aims to have 40 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) steelmaking capacity in India, up from the present 27.35 MTPA, through capacity expansion and transition to low-emitting steelmaking routes. "Tata Steel is committed to invest Rs 10,000 crore in its Jharkhand projects, including Rs 7,000 crore in HIsarna & Easy Melting Technology by 2028. In total, the investment will create 2,000 direct and indirect jobs," a company official told the media here. Tata Steel Chief of Corporate Communication, Sarvesh Kumar, said proposed investments included Rs 2,600 crore in expansion of the Tinplate Division, while Rs 1,500 crore will be invested in the Combi mill. HIsarna, a patented Tata Steel technology, is an innovative low-carbon iron-making route that enables direct production of iron without the need for conventional coke, sinter, or ...