By IANS
Raipur : India's largest public sector steel plant Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) has rolled out two new grades of thermo-mechanically treated (TMT) ribbed bar for construction of buildings in the country's quake-prone areas.
"What is special about TMT ribbed bar in diameter of 40 mm is that it has both high seismic-resistant and corrosion-resistant properties. Hence will be useful for any construction in earthquake-prone areas near the coast," a (BSP) press release said Saturday.
BSP, the most profit-making unit of the government-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), is based 30 kilometres west of Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur. Presently, the plant produces about 5 million tonnes of hot metal per annum.
SAIL has announced to bring in Rs.130 billion for the Bhilai unit by 2010 to increase production capacity to 7.5 million tonnes per annum.