Mr KS Shankar director finance of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited started trial run of first two conveyors of Raw Material Handling System.

The total length of conveyors in RMHS is to the tune of 32 kilometers. The quantities involved in RMHS are 120,000 cubic meters of concrete and 30,000 tonnes of structural steel work and 15,000 tonnes of equipment. The project cost is about INR 650 Crores.

The new advanced technologies being adopted in the new raw material handling system will be able to supply consistent and homogenous blend of raw materials to the new units of Sinter Plant, Blast Furnace and Steel Melt Shop.

It will supply iron ore from stockyard to new blast furnace No3 under expansion plan of 6.3 million tonnes per annum of VSP.

With this VSP achieves a new milestone in execution of its ongoing expansion plan.