Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bhilai Steel Plant celebrated its BF 8’s, Mahamaya, milestone of crossing 8 million tonnes cumulative hot metal production mark on 28 September 2021 since the first tapping of hot metal from the furnace took place on 3 February 2018. Members of the Blast Furnace Department gathered in control room of BF 8 and celebrated the milestone by cutting a cake. Later, 19 employees of Blast Furnaces donated blood to mark the milestone achievementBy crossing the 8 million tonne milestone in 1333 days, SAIL BSP’s BF 8 has become the fastest among furnaces of similar capacity in SAIL to do so. Rourkela Steel Plant’s furnace of similar capacity took 5.5 months more than of BF-8 and IISCO Steel Plant’s furnace of similar capacity took 9.5 months to cross 8 million tonne milestone in cumulative production.
Steel Authority of India Limited’s Bhilai Steel Plant celebrated its BF 8’s, Mahamaya, milestone of crossing 8 million tonnes cumulative hot metal production mark on 28 September 2021 since the first tapping of hot metal from the furnace took place on 3 February 2018. Members of the Blast Furnace Department gathered in control room of BF 8 and celebrated the milestone by cutting a cake. Later, 19 employees of Blast Furnaces donated blood to mark the milestone achievementBy crossing the 8 million tonne milestone in 1333 days, SAIL BSP’s BF 8 has become the fastest among furnaces of similar capacity in SAIL to do so. Rourkela Steel Plant’s furnace of similar capacity took 5.5 months more than of BF-8 and IISCO Steel Plant’s furnace of similar capacity took 9.5 months to cross 8 million tonne milestone in cumulative production.
