Snag at Tata Steel Kalinganagar plant puts spanner in its output target

The unscheduled shutdown of Blast Furnace at Tata Steel's Kalinganagar plant is set to deprive the unit of achieving its targeted capacity of 3 million tonne this fiscal.

The Blast Furnace was shut down because of a technical snag on 29th of last month and would be put back in operation in another week's time. The loss of production due to the shutdown is estimated to be around 0.15 million tonne.

Added to the struggle to reach and maintain the monthly average production target of 0.25 million tonne due to the teething problem of a new plant, the total shortfall in targeted