The managing director discusses the challenges faced by the met-coke and steel industries in India in 2014, including constraints on raw materials and infrastructure as well as Chinese coke exports at below cost. However, Visa SunCoke developed new strategies to improve efficiency and productivity. The director notes that the Indian government's new industrial policies and removal of licensing will boost investment in the steel sector. He expects the met-coke, iron and steel sectors to see good growth in 2015.

1. WORDS OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
Dear Colleagues,
The year 2014 was a challenging one for met-coke industries as
well as steel & mining sector in India. Major constraints were
availability of raw materials linkages and availability together
with inadequate infrastructure. Met-coke industry was further
impacted by China exporting coke at below cost hurting Indian
coke producers.
The team at Visa SunCoke accepted the challenges and came up with new strategies to improve
cost, efficiency and productivity. The measures undertaken have already started yielding results
specially during the last quarter.
The new Industrial policy adopted by Government of India has opened up the Iron & Steel sector
for private investment by removing it from the list of industries reserved for public sector and
exempting it from compulsory licensing. Imports of foreign technology as well as foreign direct
investment are freely permitted up to a certain limits under an automatic route. The overall outlook
for the steel sector is positive and the demand is likely pick up in the next financial year. India is
currently the world’s fourth largest producer of crude steel after China, Japan and USA.
Going forward, now with the expected improvement in the Iron-Ore&Coal-Mining sector. The
Met-coke, Iron & Steel sector in India should show good growth in 2015. I would also like to take
this opportunity to wish you all and your family a very Happy New Year.
Mr. Surendranath Rao

2. Innovation, Improvement & Implementation
Reuse of discarded Oven Doors
As
wharf liners
Damaged cast iron Oven doors are replaced by new one as a
regular practice. These Oven doors are discarded. A decision
was thus taken to use such doors as wharf liner due to high
resistive temperature.
Responsibility was entrusted to a team of Mechanical
maintenance under the stewardship of Mr. Vikas Das to install
the discarded doors with necessary modification.
Quenching Car Tray Changing
To facilitate maintenance of Quenching car & productivity,
Quenching car tray needs to be replaced from time to time. A
quenching tray was changed by Mechanical Department on
16/12/2014. New Tray is fabricated & supplied by M/s.
System India. The performance of tray bettered significantly
due to improved liner plate material. Bottom of tray is lined
with S S plate so as to resist water leakage to under structure
during quenching. It is one such major job which requires
shutdown of two shifts.

6. Newly joined members to VISA SunCoke family
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Clean India Mission is a national level
campaign by Government of India, covering
4041 statutory towns to clean the streets, roads
and infrastructure of the country. This
campaign aims to accomplish the vision of
‘Clean India’ by 2nd October 2019, the 150th birth
anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
Being a part of this massive drive, all
employees of VISA SunCoke responded
positively & took the initiatives to clean the
plant premises every 1st & 3rd Saturday.
Mr. Sibasis Chattopadhyay
Sr. Manager - (Boiler)
Joined on 06 November 2014