SAIL-BSP gets licence to produce new grades of wire rods

The High Carbon IS 7904 HC38 & HC 80 grade steel wire rod is high value-added steel developed through SMS 3 - WRM route

Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh, an arm of state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), has been given license to produce a full range of IS 7904 Grade steel wire rods, which are used in bridge cables and tyre reinforcement materials.

IS 7904 is Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specification for High Carbon Steel Wire Rods. With the grant of the licence, BSP is now in a position to produce High Carbon Wire Rods from its Wire Rod Mill (WRM). 

“Developing customised grades of products with specifications and chemistry as desired by customers has always been a thrust area