RINL News

    With perseverance and charged with a passion to excel, the RINL , Visakhapatnam Steel Plant collective have created yet another record by achieving a daily Hot Metal production of 16,250 Tons on 20th January, 2023 from Blast Furnace 1 and 2 together which is also the best daily production from both Blast Furnaces 1& 2 combined, since inception. (More than 100% capacity utilisation).    

Sri. Atul Bhatt, CMD, RINL , Chief Mentor (Kalpataru) and Sri Arvind Kumar, Director General, STPI (Software Technology Park of India) and Chairman STPINEXT have done the honor of soft launching of the prestigious Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) on Industry 4.0 (Kalpataru) and OCP-1 (Open Challenge program-1) virtually, today.In the first phase of this activity, RINL shared few problem statements (challenges pertaining to RINL’s production area) which are available in the website (https:\\Kalpataru.stpi.in) and through this OCP program the start-ups will be selected to work in Kalpataru Project. In his key note address, Sri Arvind Kumar expressed that in this CoE all the domains of Engineering with the knowledge of Artificial Intelligence are required as against the common notion of only Computer Science and related graduates to work on Industry 4.0. Further he mentioned that Kalapatru will be the mother of all 20 STPI CoEs across India and it will drive all other CoEs.

As part of the continuous initiatives being taken by RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant to inculcate a culture of Safety among all the stakeholders including Employees and Contract Workmen, RINL has launched a campaign with the motto ‘Safety Is My Responsibility’ as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebrations.Sri A. K Saxena, Director (Operations), RINL launched the campaign today by pasting stickers of ‘Safety is my Responsibility’ on the helmet of the youngest employee of RINL, Mr. K Rajababu, Field Assistant,SMS-1 Dept., in presence of Sri Abhijit Chakraborty ,CGM(Works)-I/c,  Chief General Managers and HODs of the plant. Badges with the message ‘Safety is my Responsibility’ were also pinned on the pockets of all CGMs of work division also, as part of the launch event.    

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Visakhapatnam Steel Plant conducted a Plant Level Mock Drill today on 23.06.2022 to test the On-Site Emergency Preparedness at an imaginary fire at Final Gas Cooler - 3 area of Coke oven and Coal Chemical Plant Dept , in which the  emergency services like  CISF Fire wing, Medical services, Gas Safety, Maintenance, safety department, Environment Management Dept, CISF (Security), HR dept etc have participated. During the Mock Drill, the fixed and mobile fire fighting installations such as High range fire monitor systems, Foam Flooding systems, Fire Tenders etc were put in operation and other communication facilities like Emergency Manual Call Point and siren system were used.

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.