Jai Balaji Durgapur Unit IV steel plant

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Jai Balaji Durgapur Unit IV steel plant, also known as JBG Durgapur, is a steel plant in Durgapur, Pashchim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India that operates blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI), steelmaking, and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Durgapur, Pashchim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India:

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• Location: Vill – Banskopa, P.O – Rajbandh Durgapur – 713212, Burdwan, India
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 23.483075, 87.352189 (exact)

Background

Jai Balaji group has four units with in West Bengal: Unit I, Unit III, Unit IV and Unit V.

In October 2007, the West Bengal Government signed a memoranda of agreement (MoA) with Videocon Industries and Jai Balaji Industries for the setting up a three million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant and a 1,200 MW power plant in the Asansol-Durgapur region of Burdwan, with a total investment of around INR 15,000 crore. The plant was inaugurated in February 2009.

In 2021, the company proposed to expand its existing production capacity through modification / replacement / new addition to produce 891 thousand tonnes per annum of billets. As of December 2024, there has been no updates on the project.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2007-10	2009	70 MW CPP	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
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd	4295873993	E100000130703	Jai Balaji Industries Ltd	4295873993	E100000130703

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	ISO 50001	Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished, finished rolled	bar, pipe, billet, rounds, pig iron, DRI	unknown	unknown	BF; DRI; EAF; 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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced	182	396	578
operating	–	295	295

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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	80	120	200

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

Coke
350

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

Year	Other/unknown steel production	Total (all routes)
2019	259	259
2020	189	189
2021	233	233
2022	346	346
2023	366	366

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

Year	BF production	DRI production	Total (all routes)
2019	57	84	141
2020	46	73	119
2021	56	75	131
2022	61	88	149
2023	55	82	137

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1)	operating	2009	45.0 m3	40	unknown
unknown BF (2)	operating	2009	45.0 m3	40	unknown

Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)	Reductant
unknown DRI (1)	operating	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (2)	operating	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (3)	operating	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (4)	operating	rotary kiln	30	coal

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	announced	2021	182	25.0

Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap
unknown EAF (1)	None	unknown

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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Resources

• Company website