Maithan Ispat Kalinganagar Steel Plant

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Maithan Ispat Kalinganagar Steel Plant, also known as MESCO-II, MIL, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) steel plant operating in Kalinganagar, Odisha, India.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kalinganagar, Odisha, India:

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• Location: Maithan Ispat Ltd.,Gopabandhu Marg, Kalinganagar Industrial Complex, Jakhapura, Jajpur, Odisha 755026, India
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 20.924139, 86.040440 (exact)

Background

Maithan Ispat Ltd was incorporated in August 2003. Mesco Steel acquired Maithan Ispat Ltd in 2015 for about US$ 180 million. In 2015, Mesco Steel also announced its plan to invest INR 1,000 crore in the plant to revamp and expand the plant in two phases.

In August 2023, a worker was killed and six workers sustained injuries when molten metal fell on them at the plant.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Start date	Power source
Main plant	Operating	–	2004	30 MW Captive power plant
Expansion	Cancelled	2015	–	60 MW Captive power plant

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Mideast Integrated Steels Ltd [100%]	E100001012136 [22%]; E100001000682 [16.8%]; E100001012135 [12.3%]	Mesco Integrated Steels Ltd	E100001012134

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	crude; semi-finished; finished rolled	DRI; billets; beams; bar	DRI, other	2 DRI (350 tpd each); 4 IF (4x15 ton)
Expansion	–	–	DRI, EAF	2 DRI; 2 EAF (50 ton each)

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	–	200 TTPA
Expansion	cancelled	800 TTPA	800 TTPA

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.

Phase	Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	operating	260 TTPA	260 TTPA
Expansion	cancelled	500 TTPA	500 TTPA

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Additional data

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Resources

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