India's largest blast furnace blown in at SAIL plant in Burnpur

摘要

The largest blast furnace (BF) in India was blown in at SAIL's IISCO Steel Plant on 30 November 2014 in Burnpur, India. Named "Kalyani," the state-of-the-art furnace has a useful volume of 4,160 m3 and has now become the biggest operating blast furnace in the country, the company said. Prior to this, the largest BF in the country, with a useful volume of 4,060 m3, was installed by SAIL at its Rourkela Steel Plant in 2013.