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Later on 26 March 1991, the second phase at a cost of {{INRConvert|76.27|c}} was realised, increasing production capacity to  70,000 tones per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> On 24 December 1993, a blanking line was commissioned with a capacity of 3600 tones [[Bar stock|blanks]] per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> This was the first such facility to be established in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
Later on 26 March 1991, the second phase at a cost of {{INRConvert|76.27|c}} was realised, increasing production capacity to  70,000 tones per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> On 24 December 1993, a blanking line was commissioned with a capacity of 3600 tones [[Bar stock|blanks]] per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> This was the first such facility to be established in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" />
== Production ==
=== Production facilities ===
The major facilities at the plant include<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
* Steel Melting Shop
* Cold Rolling Mill Complex
* Hot Rolling Mill Complex
* Stainless Steel Blanking Line
SSP specializes in the production of [[Cold-formed steel|cold rolled stainless steel]] in the form of coils and sheets.<ref name=":2" /> The raw materials are imported and also supplied by [[Durgapur Steel Plant|Alloy Steel Plant]] in [[Durgapur]].<ref name=":1" /> The steel melting shop's annual capacity is 1,80,000 tonnes of slabs per annum. The hot-rolling mill and cold-rolling mill have capacities of 3,64,000 and 66,600 tonnes per annum respectively.<ref name=":0" />
SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994–95, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" />


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