Electrosteel Castings Srikalahasthi Steel Plant

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Electrosteel Castings Srikalahasthi Steel Plant, also known as Srikalahasthi Works, is a steel plant in Srikalahasthi, Rachagunneri, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India that operates blast furnace (BF) and steelmaking technology.

Location

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  • Location: Vill - Rachagunneri ,Mandal-Srikalahasthi, District - Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh , India, Pin - 517641
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 13.717188, 79.630588 (exact)

Background

Srikalahasthi Works (SW) of Electrosteel is an integrated facility spread across a 242 acres. The 4,00,000 TPA Ductile Iron Pipe Plant is integrated with the 5,25,000 TPA Mini Blast Furnace capacity, 2,80,000 TPA Coke Oven Plant, 22 MW Waste Heat Recovery captive Power Plant 2,00,000 TPA Cement Plant, 16,000 TPA Ferro Silicon Plant and 5 MLD Municipal Sewage Water Recycling Plant. The Blast Furnace Gas from the Mini Blast Furnace caters to various energy requirements, thereby reducing carbon emission significantly.[1] Srikalahasthi Pipes Limited was merged into Electrosteel Castings Limited in 2022.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1994[3] 22 MW Waste Heat Recovery Captive Power Plant[4] unknown unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Electrosteel Castings Ltd 4295873171 E100001012391 Electrosteel Castings Ltd[4] 4295873171 E100001012391

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 Main production equipment
semi-finished, finished rolled[4] pipe[4] building and infrastructure[5] 2023-12-10[6] BF; Steel other/unspecified

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 0 0
mothballed 0 0
operating 0 0
operating pre-retirement 0 0

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating 575[7][8][4] 575[9][8][4]

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
500[10] 280[4]

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year Other/unknown steel production
2019 unknown
2020 unknown
2021 unknown
2022 unknown
2023 unknown

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production Total (all routes)
2019 unknown unknown
2020 299[10] [10] 299[10]
2021 259[10] [10] 259[10]
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
unknown BF (1) operating[4] 1994[3][10] 275[8] unknown 2010[11]
unknown BF (2) operating[12] 2018[13] 2020[10] 2021[10] 450.0[12] 300[14][4]

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References

  1. "Electrosteel Castings Limited (ECL) | Facilities". www.electrosteel.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  2. "Electrosteel Castings Limited". www.electrosteel.com. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
  3. 3.0 3.1 https://www.goodreturns.in/company/srikalahasthi-pipes/history.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202120/https://www.electrosteel.com/facilities/index.php. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://www.hdfcsec.com/hsl.research.pdf/Electrosteel%20Castings%20Ltd%20-%20Stock%20Note%20-%2016.05.2023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.electrosteel.com/quality/quality_certificates.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/indias-srikalahasthi-pipes-shuts-down-mini-blast-furnace-to-complete-expansion-project-1209348.htm
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 (PDF) https://www.electrosteel.com/pdf/investors/shareholder-information/investor-presentation/SEpresnt.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/indias-srikalahasthi-pipes-shuts-down-mini-blast-furnace-to-complete-expansion-project-1209348.htm
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 (PDF) https://www.electrosteel.com/pdf/investors/compliance-report/Annual-Report/SriKalahasthi_AR_2020_21.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. (PDF) https://www.electrosteel.com/pdf/investors/compliance-report/Annual-Report/SriKalahasthi_AR_2020_21.pdf https://www.goodreturns.in/company/srikalahasthi-pipes/history.html, https://www.electrosteel.com/pdf/investors/compliance-report/Annual-Report/SriKalahasthi_AR_2020_21.pdf. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240208202919/https://pulkittmt.in/new-office-bearers-for-cii-tirupati-zone-2023-24/. Archived from the original on 2024-02-08. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/srikalahasthi-pipes-plans-to-install-new-mini-blast-furnace/article24581909.ece. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/indias-srikalahasthi-pipes-shuts-down-mini-blast-furnace-to-complete-expansion-project-1209348.htm

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