Covid-19 Pandemic: Steel Plants In India Hike Oxygen Production Capacity

Covid-19 Pandemic: Against the2,834 metric tonnes of daily LMO production capacity in steel sector, as on April 24 it was 3,474 metric tonnes.

As the Government has allowed setting up of 551 plants for producing liquid medical oxygen (LMO) across the country, the Ministry of Steel has informed that there are 33 oxygen plants in India including those in the private sector and against the 2,834 metric tonnes of daily LMO production capacity in the steel sector, the production as on April 24 was 3,474 metric tonnes. Official sources said that the average delivery of LMO by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been raised to more than 800 tonnes per day. Around 1,150 tonnes of LMO was delivered on April 23, and the quantity delivered on Saturday (April 24) was 960 tonnes.  Total LMO supplied from SAIL integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur and Burnpur from August, 2020 till April 24 has been 39,647 tonnes.  State-owned Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) supplied 8,842 tonnes of LMO in 2020-21. During the current fiscal, from April 13 till the morning of April 25, more than 1,300 tonnes of medical oxygen has been dispatched, official sources informed. Also there is an increase from 100 tonnes to 140 tonnes during the last three days.