The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) -Vizag Steel Plant (VSP) has commissioned a coke oven battery no 5 (COB 5) on 22 December 2020.
The COB 5 project was envisaged with a total cost of around Rs 2,500 crore. A coke oven battery consists of multiple ovens where coal is crushed and blended before being taken into the oven and charged.
Principal consultant for the project was MECON, while principal contractors were BEC consortium and TATA Projects.
With the efforts of Vizag Steel, along with the project division, the battery could be first-charged with coal on 21 December 2020 and all the 67 ovens were charged within 24 hours.
The first pushing was completed on 22 December 2020, marking the commissioning of COB 5.