Jindal Steel & Power (JSP) has announced its intention to commission a 1.2 million ton per annum (MTPA) rail and heavy structure mill at its Angul Steel complex in Odisha. This new rail mill, in combination with the existing 1 MTPA mill in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, will result in the company’s total rail-making capacity reaching 2.2 MTPA.
JSP has developed ever-sought-after products such as 1175 HT, R350 HT, Asymmetric Rails, and 1080HH rails at the existing mill in Raigarh. These specialty rails are used for heavy axle load of more than 25MT and are used for metro rail corporations, high-speed corridors and the bullet train project. The mill has also supplied 260 m rails to various critical projects of national importance like Indian Railways, Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCC) and is currently contributing towards USBRL Project in Jammu and Kashmir and Sivok-Rangpo Project in West Bengal.
The company has committed itself to the Gati Shakt Yojna, a part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. It hopes to provide competitively priced, domestically produced import substitution products. The vision of JSP is to build a future-ready national rail infrastructure and as a part of it, the company has successfully developed 60E1 1175 Heat Treated (HT) rails suitable for high speed and high axle load applications.
Bimlendra Jha, MD of JSP, said, “JSP is proactively adding and augmenting further rail-manufacturing capacity to support the modernisation of the Indian rail network. Even though there is surplus rail capacity in India, there are markets abroad we will be looking to feed after meeting India’s requirements.”
JSP will also be exporting its “Made in India” rails to multiple countries other than India for use in their rail systems. This is a testament to how JSP has achieved a position as a world-class rail manufacturer.
Jindal Steel & Power is a diversified industrial group with a dominant presence in the steel, power, mining and infrastructure sectors. The company has multiple large-scale projects under installation or construction in India, the UAE, and Africa, and is constantly innovating to bring quality products and services to its customers.
