Steel manufacturing firms supply 1.43 lakh MT medical oxygen since Sept: Official data
Steel manufacturing firms supply 1.43 lakh MT medical oxygen since Sept: Official data
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According to the data provided by the Steel Ministry,  Steel manufacturing companies have supplied about 1.43 metric tonne (MT) liquid medical oxygen to various parts of the country for the treatment of coronavirus patients.

The data reveals, from September 2020 to April 22, 2021, the total LMO supplied by the steel industry - including public and private sectors - was 1,43,876.283 MT, of which the contribution of steel CPSEs stood at 39, 805.73 MT.

Private steel companies supplying oxygen are Tata Steel, JSW Steel, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India, and Vedanta ESL, while state-owned firms are Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL). Oxygen from steel plants is being supplied to states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, among others.

Last week, Tata Steel said it is supplying 300 tonne of LMO daily to various states. Meanwhile, AMNS India increased its daily supply limit to 210 tonne. JSW Steel and JSPL said they are supplying 185 tonne and 100 tonne per day, respectively.

While RINL is transporting 100 tonne daily LMO; SAIL in a tweet on Thursday said it is supplying on an average 600 tonne oxygen per day. All the companies are making efforts to increase their daily supply limit.On the contribution of steelmakers, Union Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said: “I thank all steel companies for coming together and responding to the call of the nation and working 24x7 to produce LMO. We will together fight the COVID-19 pandemic”.

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