Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) proudly announced the commercial production of India’s widest 5.0-meter-wide plate mill in Angul, Odisha, India - part of the planned first phase of the 6.0 million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant there. This plate mill has an annual capacity of 2 million tonnes. The company is targeting  to produce 15,000 tonnes in the next month and then increase the production gradually.  

This plate mill at Angul is a part of the company’s forward integration process of completing the process chain to produce value-added finished discrete plates. The technology and equipment is being supplied by Siemens VAI UK and is capable of rolling wide width range and steel grades like structural , boiler quality, shipbuilding and pipeline plates up to X-80 grades.

The plate mill is equipped with walking beam type of reheating furnace technology supplied by Fives Stein France with level 2 automation, SVAI patent MULPIC cooling system, hot leveller and GE GMBH online Ultrasonic Testing facility for excellent plates surface quality and close dimensional tolerances and flatness control.

In another positive development for the integrated steel plant, BSI (British Standards Institution) has certified the plate mill for Integrated Management System (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001) Certification.

The plate mill is a part of integrated steel complex and being set up along with 1.6 million tonnes per annum steel melting shop at a combined project cost of Rs. 4923 crores.

The plate has a market in oil and gas, water pipeline, shipping, infrastructure and power equipment manufacturing sectors.

Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) is one of India’s major steel producers with a significant presence in sectors like steel, mining, power generation and infrastructure. With an annual turnover of over US$3.5 billion, JSPL is a part of the over US$17 billion diversified O. P. Jindal Group. In the recent past, JSPL has expanded its steel, power and mining businesses to various parts of the world particularly in Asia, Africa and South America.