Vsakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) of the public sector Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) has established new records in production and marketing during the first half of the current year. According to a company communication released New Delhi on Wednesday, the production performances for hot metal, liquid steel, saleable steel and billets have been the best for the month of September since its inception. These are 280534, 257380, 216596 and 154241 tons respectively. Similarly, it also notched the best month performance for wire rods at 73212 tons, cast blooms 241529 tons, bar products 55701 tons and MMSM products 58245 tons. The labor productivity of 228 tons per man per year achieved in September 2000 is the best so far. The total sale turnover of Rs 1504 crore both in domestic and export during the first six months of the current fiscal year recorded a growth of 25 per cent compared to the same period last year and also the best first half sales. Bureau Report