Steel Indoor Cricket Practice Facility:

Eastern India's second Indoor Cricket practice facility (the other one in Eden Gardens, Kolkata) will be in place at the Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur by the end of 2003.According to BCA officials, work on the indoor cricket facility located near the old score board (Tata Steel end) began during Durga Puja and is set to be completed by the year-end. "The iron railings and frameworks have been set up. Within a day or two tin corrugated sheets would be laid on the top supported by eight pillars on each side. The total cost would be around Rs 10 lakh," said sources in the BCA. The drawing of the indoor stadium has been verified by Tata Steel town office. "The fabrication of iron railings and lying of corrugated sheets has been bagged by Sonari-based contractor M/s. Singh Fabricators. The construction of pillars would be complete within a month.
(Ref: HT, Jamshedpur dtd:06.11.03)

Celebrate Puja with Steel:

Kolkata’s Ahiritola Puja pandal experienced enriched decoration using steel G.C Sheets during the grand festive celebration of Durga Puja. The application of steel along with its parsimonious & elegant use forced the Puja committee of Ahiritola to consider the steel intensive option. Most of the puja committees in the city are now considering the option of steel frames due to its better payback and less vulnerable from fire. INSDAG has come with a number of economic designs on temporary steel structures like pandals.

• Seminar on “Current Trends in Foundation for Bridges”, Patna, January 10-11, 2004..
• Seminar on “Structural Steel for Construction Industry”, Rourkela, January 24-25, 2004.

  (Ref: IEI News, 4th. Oct 2003)

Jindal Vishwas: The importance and advantages of branding a product in today's competitive economy surely cannot go unnoticed. Branding helps in building a loyal customer base. It ensures in creating a segment in the market that is loyal to the brand thereby, establishing a stable relationship between the customer and the product. With JISCO having launched Jindal Vishwas as its brand name for GC Sheets, its major focus is to create strong brand personality of its product in the market. With the product specifications of Jindal GC Sheets confirming to Micrometer and full Length norms with zinc coating of 120 gsm confirming to ISI standards, Jindal Vishwas GC Sheet is considered as one of the most premium brands in the country. Idea is to register Jindal Vishwas as a product familiar in the mind of every individual, every household, so much so that when a layman thinks of roofing, his first choice should be Jindal Vishwas GC Sheet.

(Ref : Jindalight,April-June 2003)

New steel Grades: Bhilai Steel Plant produced high tensile micro-alloyed, nickel added Plates, with stringent toughness requirement for use in sub-zero temperature (-60°C), for Indian Navy. Bokaro contributed its bit by producing E460/E500/ E550 - a superior corrosion resistance (HSL4 Steel) used by Defence for making floating bridges. Besides meeting the requirements of Defence, it will also save on valuable foreign exchange since this steel was earlier imported from Czechoslovakia. Rourkela Steel Plant also fulfilled a similar dual purpose by supplying API X-65 Plate and armour Plate, as import substitute, for Defence. Bokaro Steel I'lant developed an import substitute - DMR 249 A - for DRDO with help from of M/s HEC. Bokaro also produced IS 8500 Fe 540 B for fly-over bridges and Low Carbon, low Manganese, high strength steel without micro-alloying.

(Ref: SAIL,CMO News, April-Aug 2003)

Floating Breakwater in Port: POSCO will introduce Korea's first floating breakwater made of 100 per cent steel in Wonjeon Port, Masan, paving the way for the floating steel breakwater market In Korea. According to the project plans, a 200-meter floating steel breakwater will be constructed in Wonjeon Port using 1,200 tonnes of plates.Floating steel breakwaters are the first environmentally-friendly port structure developed by POSCO in response to the new demand for steel products. Along with the development of breakwater technologies, which are optimal for the Korean sea areas, RIST is also exploring ways to replace standard steel, the main material in old breakwaters, with high-grade steel in a bid to boost its demand.Unlike the existing breakwaters that were constructed on concrete foundations, floating steel breakwaters are environmentally-friendly structures constructed of steel which literally float on water without hampering its flow under the structure. In Japan floating steel breakwaters currently make up 50-60 per cent of all breakwaters and are considered to be major sources of steel consumption. POSCO estimates that annual construction of floating steel breakwaters, in just 10 of Korea's 421 ports, will generate the demand for 12,000 tonnes of steel.
(Ref: IIM Metal News, Aug 2003)