Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been at the forefront in meeting the challenge of making Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) available in the country. It has already supplied 36,747 Metric Tonnes (MT) of Liquid Medical Oxygen since Aug’20 as per the requirement. With the increase in demand for LMO in the country, SAIL has enhanced its focus on increasing production since the beginning of this month. In the last six days, the company has supplied, on an average, 660 MT of LMO per day from its plants. On 21st April 2021 alone, the company has supplied 891 MT of LMO.

Improvement interventions have already been made to augment the LMO supply with respect to process and equipment. SAIL has reduced the production of gaseous Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Argon besides optimizing process parameters in its plants to boost the production of LMO.

“During this hour of the emergency need, SAIL firmly stands committed with the nation and will do everything to augment the production of Liquid Medical Oxygen from its plants. All its plants have been advised to maximize production of LMO and optimize dispatch logistics so as to reduce the turnaround time of oxygen tankers.”, Company has reaffirmed.

With the help of Indian Railways and the Ministry of Steel, SAIL has planned to load a rake from its Bokaro Steel Plant. This will help greatly in the bulk evacuation of LMO and faster arrival of the same at the destination.