RINL News

Coke Oven and Coal Chemical Plant (CO &CCP) department of RINL-VSP achieved a mile stone of 3 Million Oven Pushings since inception.  

RINL- VSP celebrated the “International Women’s Day” at L&DC auditorium in Ukkunagaram today. Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD,RINL was the Chief Guest and Ms. Aarti Saxena,IRS,Addl. Commissioner, Customs Dept., Visakhapatnam, was the distinguished Guest speaker.  

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited-Visakhapatnam Steel plant (RINL-VSP) is declared as the winner of Greentech Corporate Governance Award 2022.

International Awards:Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD-RINL, felicitated the International Award Winners of ICQCC-2021.  The International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC-2021) was held this year in India at Hyderabad in Nov, 2021 Under the aegis of “Quality Circle Forum of India(QCFI)”.

RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant observed the 51st National Safety Day today. To mark the occasion, a function was organized at  Learning and Development Centre (L&D Centre) auditorium of VSP today. The theme of 51st National Safety Day is “Nurture young minds - Develop safety culture”.

Shri. Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Steel gave  “Ispat Rajbhasha Sammaan” awards to RINL. Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL-VSP  & Sri DK Mohanty, D (C) & D (P) Addl. Charge, RINL-VSP received the awards at  Hindi Advisory Committee meeting  of the Ministry of Steel, which was held at Madurai, Tamil Nadu

“2022 would be a very promising year for RINL” said Shri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL-VSP while delivering his message on the occasion of New Year Day at RINL-VSP today. “January – March quarter was the best quarter in the history of RINL with respect to production and sales. The dreaded second wave of pandemic hit and affected many of us. We lost many of our colleagues during this period. I take this opportunity to thank all the COVID warriors, health workers and front line workers for showing their solidarity during this difficult period. I am happy to say that all the employees and contract workers have been vaccinated save a few who have health issues.” he added.

“National Energy Conservation Week” is observed at RINL-VSP from 13th to 18th Dec at  RINL-VSP. The valedictory function is organised at L&DC auditorium, RINL today. Sri Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL, while addressing the gathering said that, “RINL has been in the forefront in the energy efficiency movement since inception. The State of Art technologies adopted at RINL have immensely contributed for reduction in specific energy consumption at RINL to the tune of 0.65 Gcal/ tCS.”

As a part of  Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav,  “Iconic Week Celebrations”  are being observed at      RINL- VSP from 13th to 19th December 2021 commemorating  India’s victory in the war of 1971. 

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP)  emerged as Winners of the Steel Badminton Championship 2021-22 held at Bokaro Steel Ltd. from 10th to 12th December 2021 under the aegis of Steel Plants Sports Board (SPSB). RINL defeated Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) 2-0 in the finals. Eight teams participated in Championship namely RSP, RINL, Durgapur, Salem, ISP, Bokaro, TATA and VISL.

Excellent Energy Efficient Unit Award was bestowed on RINL-VSP, Navratna Public Sector Steel Company by CII at GBC National Award competition for Excellence in Energy Management held online from 24th August"21 to 27th August"21 in recognition of efforts toward Energy Conservation at RINL.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited- Visakhapatnam Steel Plant conducted a Full-Scale Mock Drill to test the On-Site Emergency Preparedness following an imaginary fire at Crude and Finished Product storage of Benzol Plant. Emergency services like CISF Fire wing, Medical services, Gas Safety, Maintenance, safety department, CISF (Security) and HR dept etc. actively participated in this mock drill.

RINL-Vizag Steel is proud to be associated with  "ATAL TUNNEL" which is the longest highway  tunnel at a height of more than 10,000 ft. RINL has supplied Major share of TMT requirements, approximately 8,500 MT of Vizag Steel TMT bars for this prestigious tunnel project.   The 9.02 km long tunnel connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley, ensuring connectivity throughout the year. The valley was earlier cut off for about six months every year due to heavy snowfall. The tunnel reduces the road distance by 46 Kms between Manali and Leh and the time by about 4 to 5 hours. Congratulating the RINL collective on this proud moment,   Sri PK Rath, CMD, RINL said that, “RINL joins the Nation in thanking Prime Minister Shri Narendra  Modiji on inaugurating this  engineering marvel  today i.e “ATAL TUNNEL “   which is the longest highway tunnel at a height of more than 10000 ft  . This is another milestone in infrastucturing   India by our beloved Prime Minister.”

The Medium Merchant Structural Mill (MMSM), RINL-VSP has for the first time rolled out 125X125mm  Billets by modifying its Roll Stands to meet the increasing  market demand.

RINL, a Navratna PSU, successfully conducted the hot trial of Forging Line in its Forged Wheel Plant at Lalganj, Rae Bareily, Uttar Pradesh.

RINL-VSP is demonstrating its supremacy in conservation of energy year after year and recognized as the best energy efficient steel plant in the country, observes Sri PK Rath, CMD, RINL at the valedictory function of Energy Conservation Fortnight celebrations held in connection with the National Energy Conservation Day in Ukkungaram today. Winning several National Awards is the testimony to our efforts, he said.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant today conducted the Emergency mock-drill at Air Separation Unit 5 of its Utilities Department. During the mock drill, a scenario of the Cryogenic liquid nitrogen leak was assumed and the entire machinery/equipment to arrest the same and to rescue the injured persons was pressed to action.

Sri PK Rath, CMD, RINL-VSP  inaugurated   the Project ‘Twin Ladle Heating Furnace’ (TLHF) in Steel Melt Shop-2 today. It was built at a cost of Rs.109 Crores in the existing Steel Melt Shop-2 area of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Sri Ajit Kumar Saxena has taken charge as the new Director (Operations) of RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant today. Prior to this assignment, Sri Saxena has worked as Chief General Manager, Mills, IISCO, Burnpur, Steel Authority of India Ltd.

Quality Circle teams from RINL-Vizag Steel won laurels at International Convention on Quality Control Circles (ICQCC 2019) held at Tokyo, Japan. QC Teams from Coke Ovens department and LMMM department were awarded the prize under ‘Gold’ category and the team from Roll Shop was awarded under the ‘Silver’ category.