By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, May 15, 2018: Kalinganagar based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) recorded its highest ever hot metal output of 3,001 tonnes on Sunday, company sources said.

The MMTC promoted steel PSU has stakes by two state government PSUs- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (Ipicol).

Congratulating the NINL collective for surpassing the 3,000-tonne mark in hot metal production which the company targeted and aims to sustain, NINL vice-chairman and managing director S S Mohanty called upon the employees to make all out efforts to bench mark all the parameters to the world class standard.

NINL now plans to resume steel billet production with maximum capacity utilisation of the Steel Melting Shop (SMS).

It has also planned several activities this Financial Year to strengthen its bottom-line which includes steel billet production, operation of its captive mines and many cost optimization schemes.