Tata Steel's Kalinganagar unit crosses two mn tonnes in hot metal output

It took 133 days, at a production rate of 2.8 mn tonnes a year reach 2 mn tonnes from 1 mn

Tata Steel's greenfield steel complex at Odisha's Kalinganagar has surpassed the two million tonne mark in hot metal production. The steel behemoth has achieved this milestone in 133 days from the production level of one million tonne.

The plant, which boasts of the largest operating blast furnace in the country with 4,330 cubic metre capacity, was commissioned on February 28, 2016. The blast furnace achieved the first million tonne production of hot metal on October 9, 2016.

It took about 133 days to get to two million tonnes of output from one million. The second million tonne milestone