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Rourkela Steel Plant is the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India. It was set up with German collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes. Subsequently, its capacity was enhanced to 1.9 million tonnes. The plant was modernised in the mid-1990s with a number of new units having state-of-the-art facilities. Most of the old units were also revamped for effecting substantial improvement in the quality of products, reducing cost and ensuring cleaner environment. It is the first plant in India to incorporate LD technology of steel making. It is also the first steel plant in the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and the only one presently where 100% of slabs are produced through the cost-effective and quality-centeric continuous casting route. It presently has the capacity to produce 2 million tonnes of hot metal, 1.9 million tonnes of crude steel and 1.67 million tonnes of saleable steel. It is SAIL’s only plant that produces silicon steel for the power sector, high quality pipes for the oil & gas sector and tin plates for the packaging industry. Its wide and sophisticated product range include various flat, tubular and coated products. Almost all major units of the plant are certified to ISO:9001 standards. Its Silicon Steel Mill, Sintering Plant II, Environment Engineering Department, Plate Mill, Hot Strip Mill, ERW and SW Pipe Plants, Special Plate Plant as well as Steel Township have been awarded ISO:14001 certification for Environment Management.

PRODUCT-MIX

TONNES/ANNUM

Plate Mill Plates

2,99,000

HR Plates

92,500

HR Coils

3,98,000

ERW Pipes

75,000

SW Pipes

55,000

CR Sheets & Coils

4,33,000

Galvanized Sheets (GP& GC)

1,60,000

Electrolytic Tin-Plates

85,000

Silicon Steel Sheets

73,500

Total Saleable Steel

16,71,000

Location

Rourkela Steel Plant is located in the north-western tip of Orissa and at the heart of a rich mineral belt. Being situated on the Howrah-Mumbai rail mainline, Rourkela is very well connected with most of the important cities of India. The nearby airports are Ranchi (173 km), Bhubaneswar (378 km) and Kolkata (413 km). Rourkela also has an airstrip maintained by RSP.