COTTON-ICMFs Threat Lacks Credibility

late seventies although M N Dastur and Company were associated in its preparation. For Bokaro, the Soviets made a wrong choice of technology, ingot casting instead of continuous casting. Granted that continuous casting of slabs was not fully developed in the midand late-sixties. But the incorporation of a 5.5 mtpa slabbing mill foreclosed our options of choosing continuous casting in the first expansion to 4 mtpa. This was a blunder for which we have had to pay heavily since the entire economics of the plant was adversely affected.