| Particulars |
Pellets |
Sized Ore |
| Average Campaign Period |
120 days |
60 days |
| Average yearly shutdowns |
3 |
6 |
| Total time loss in shutdowns |
15 days |
30 days |
| Total Productivity Loss |
4.16% |
8.33% |
| Production Capacity (Per day) |
120 mt |
80 - 90 mt |
| Fines generation in transit |
Nil |
2% |
| Iron Lumps / Ore required per ton of sponge iron |
1.50 mt |
1.60 mt |
| Fines (-5mm) in ore |
2% |
8% |
| Coal consumption per ton of sponge Iron |
1.4 mt |
1.6 mt |
| Electricity consumption |
50 units |
70 units |
| Total cost of shutdown maintenance |
50% |
100% |
| Sponge Iron Fines |
<10% |
>20% |
| Cost of production of per ton of Sponge Iron |
Lower |
Higher |
| Laterite |
0 |
2% |
