Jamshedpur, December 13: Private steel major Tata Steel Limited on Thursday said it has been declared as the winner of the Prime Minister's Trophy for the 'Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant' in the country for 2016-17. It was the fourth consecutive year when the company was honoured with this award, a Tata Steel release said here. Ratan Tata Conferred Steel Industry's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Since the inception of this award in 1992-93, Tata Steel has been recognized as the best-integrated steel plant 13 times, having won the PM's Trophy 11 times and received the Certificate for Excellence twice, the release said.

Instituted to recognize outstanding performance of integrated steel plants, the award is intended to spur steel plants to achieve international standards of efficiency, quality and economy in their operations.

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