
Continuous Improvement
Early Success Areas
Some areas where Tata Steel’s effort at continuous improvement bore fruit include:
- Higher usage of processed reverts at Scunthorpe and Port Talbot
- Reduction in hot metal manganese at Port Talbot
- Bottom stirring at IJmuiden leading to improved converter life and yield
- Higher usage of Low Cost Carbon Source (LCCS) in the blend at IJmuiden, Port Talbot and Scunthorpe
- Vessel life improvement at Jamshedpur and Scunthorpe
- Blast Furnace and Coke Ovens operating process for lower production levels developed and successfully implemented in Tata Steel European operations without compromising equipment health and safety
