New Delhi: RINL records its best performance for any April month since inception with the production of 4,19,000 tons of hot metal, a growth of 20 per cent over corresponding period last year (CPLY) from two blast furnace operations -  2,02,000 tons of hot metal from Blast Furnace-1, Godavari, a growth of 14 per cent over CPLY, and 2,18,000 tons of hot metal from Blast Furnace -2, Krishna, a growth of 26 per cent over CPLY.

On the front of technical parameters, a blast furnace productivity of 2.09 tons of hot metal and a blast furnace productivity of 2.01 tons of hot metal per day per cum by Blast Furnace -1 and a blast furnace productivity of 2.17 tons of hot metal per day per cum by Blast Furnace -2 achieved during the month of April-23 is the best performance achieved for any April month, said the public enterprise in a statement. /BI/