Mesco Steel Kalinganagar plant

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Mesco Steel Kalinganagar plant, also known as MESCO-I, MSKL, Mideast Integrated Steel (MISL), is a steel plant in Kalinganagar, Danagadi, Jajpur, Odisha, India that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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

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  • Location: Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex, Khurunti, P.O. Danagadi - 755026, Distt. Jaipur, Orissa, India
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 20.976277, 86.044419 (exact)

Background

The Mesco Steel Kalinganagar steel plant began operating in 1992 under the Mesco Steel Group.[1] In 2005, pig iron production commenced.[2]

In December 2015, Mesco Steel Kalinganagar was forced to cease operations due to lack of raw materials; this closure went on at least until 2017.[3]

In February 2022, a civilian petition reported that Mesco was pursuing an illegal railway siding project at the site, which was releasing toxic substances into the environment. According to the petition, the Mesco Steel Kalinganagar plant had been shut since 2020.[4]

Expansion

According to Mesco Steel's website, an expansion including 2 BOF plants (100-tonnes each), 1 BF plant (3200 m3), a sinter plant, and coke oven battery was planned to be completed by 2021. The crude steel capacity would have amounted to 2300 ttpa.[2] However, no update has been posted since 2020, so the status of the expansion phase has been changed to 'cancelled'.

The plant had been shut since December 2019. As a result, around 1,400 employees and thousands of workers are not getting their salaries for the last five years under ‘no work no pay’ rule. In December 2024, the Kalinga Nagar Mazdoor Union (KMU) demanded immediate reopening of the plant.[5]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Construction date Start date Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1997[6] 2005[7][8] One captive power plant (24 MW capacity)[9] Roida mines[10] Chhindwara[10]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Mesco Kalinga Steel Ltd 4296917434 E100000130811 Mesco Kalinga Steel Ltd[11] 4296917434 E100000130811

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
crude, semi-finished[12] pig iron, long products, plate, flat[12] unknown unknown BF; BOF

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 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
cancelled 2300[13][9][14][7] 2300[13][9][14][7]
operating 1200[13][9][14][7] 1200[13][9][14][7]

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)
cancelled 2300[9] 2300[9]
operating 1200[9] 1200[9]

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

Sinter Pellets
770[9] NF

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

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

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

Year BF production Other/unknown iron production
2019 unknown unknown
2020 unknown unknown
2021 unknown unknown
2022 unknown unknown
2023 unknown unknown

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
unknown BF (1) operating[15] – 2005[6] 389.0 m3[15] 600[9] unknown 2017-11[16]
unknown BF (2) operating[15] – 2012[6] 389.0 m3[15] 600[9] unknown –
unknown BF (3) cancelled[9][14][17] 2014[18] – 3200.0 m3[19] 2300[9] unknown –

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[20] 1200[9][7][13][14] 100.0 tonnes[9][21]
unknown BOF (2) cancelled[9][14] 1150[9][7][13][14] 100.0 tonnes[21]
unknown BOF (3) cancelled[9][14] 1150[9][7][13][14] 100.0 tonnes[21]

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References

  1. ↑ "Brochure" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Home". Mesco Steel. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ Dash, Jayajit (2017-08-21). "Visa Steel suspends Kalinganagar operations as raw material supplies stop". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
  4. ↑ "NGT orders action against illegal railway siding". OrissaPOST. 2022-02-08. Retrieved 2022-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Service, Express News (2024-12-04). "KMU seeks reopening of MISL plant". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240111011054/https://mescosteel.com/pdf/brochure_mesco-2017.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206194651/http://www.mescosteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221107043011/https://www.inventiva.co.in/trends/top-10-best-steel-manufacturing-company-in-india-in-2023/. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 9.14 9.15 9.16 9.17 9.18 9.19 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220122092000/http://mescosteel.com/pdf/brochure_mesco-2017.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-22. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 (PDF) https://www.bseindia.com/downloads/ipo/20171016174944Information%20Memorandum_%20Uploaded.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211206194651/http://www.mescosteel.com/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125060222/http://www.mescosteel.com/product.php. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20181017034451/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/mesco-keen-to-buy-struggling-steel-companies/articleshow/62063828.cms. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.9 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20210929032946/https://www.oecd.org/industry/ind/latest-developments-in-steelmaking-capacity-2021.pdf (PDF). {{cite web}}: Check |archive-url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220309175114/http://mescosteel.com/product.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ (PDF) https://www.mescosteel.com/newsline2018/Newsline-11-Complete.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220407134357/http://mescosteel.com/future-projects.php. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ https://sambadenglish.com/misl-fully-integrated-steel-plant-kalinganagar/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ↑ "FUTURE INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE GLOBAL STEEL INDUSTRY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE BALANCE OF STEELMAKING PROCESSES". OECD. 2015-03-10. Archived from the original on 2022-04-01.
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220312013301/http://mescosteel.com/locations.php. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725140406/http://mescosteel.com:80/future-projects.php. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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