Orissa Alloy Steel Kharagpur Plant

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Orissa Alloy Steel Kharagpur Plant, also known as Rashmi Alloys Steel Pvt Ltd (formerly), is a blast furnace (BF) and direct reduced iron (DRI) steel plant operating in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India:

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• Location: Mouza – Nandarchalk ,Bargai, Shyamraipur & Kanjarichak, Village – Gokulpur, P.O – Shyamraipur, P.S – Kharagpur (L), Dist. Paschim Medinipur , West Bengal, India
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.364258, 87.309047 (exact)

Background

The Rashmi group, based in Kolkata, was formed in 1991 with the incorporation of RCL and is promoted by Mr Sajjan Kumar Patwari and his family members. RML was incorporated in 2004 to increase the spread in the steel industry. OMPL was incorporated in 2006 but started operations from fiscal 2016 when some of the assets were sold to it by RML for better operations management. The Orissa Alloy Steel Pvt ltd was incorporated on 17 October 2019. The DRI units at the plant is operating and IF units are under construction as of May 2022. The environmental statement submitted by the company on 21 September 2023, suggest partial or complete operation of the steel melting shop at the plant. The company is now expanding its capacity to 1800 ttpa.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase	Plant status	Announced date	Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
Main plant	Operating	2006	2021	5000	194 MW Captive Power Plant	Barbil-Joda, Odisha	BCCL, Dhanbad
Main plant	Operating	2006	2021	5000	194 MW Captive Power Plant	Barbil-Joda, Odisha	BCCL, Dhanbad
Expansion	Construction	2021	–	–	84 MW Captive Power Plant	Barbil-Joda, Odisha	BCCL, Dhanbad

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase	Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Main plant	Cimmco Vinimay Pvt Ltd [16.6%]; Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Ltd [9.1%]; Newera Commotrade Pvt Ltd [6.6%]; Rashmi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd [6.0%]; Bholebaba Consultants LLP [5.8%]; Rashmi Cement Ltd [5.7%]; Daffodil Plaza Pvt Ltd [5.7%]; Optimist Commosale Pvt Ltd [5.5%]; Rashidhun Sales Pvt Ltd [5.2%]; Rashmi Metaliks Ltd [5.0%]	E100001012163 [16.6%]; E100001012171 [9.1%]; E100001012169 [6.6%]; E100001012170 [6%]; E100001012164 [5.8%]; E100001012079 [5.7%]; E100001012165 [5.7%]; E100001012168 [5.5%]; E100001012166 [5.2%]; E100000130890 [5%]	Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd	5062177290	E100001012161

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
Main plant	DI pipe; bar;	BF, DRI, other	1 BF (550 m3); 4 DRI (600 tpd each); 10 IF (20 ton each)
Main plant	DI pipe; bar;	BF, DRI, other	1 BF (550 m3); 4 DRI (600 tpd each); 10 IF (20 ton each)
Expansion	–	DRI, other	2 DRI (1200 tpd); 17 IF (12x25 ton; 5x30 ton)

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*	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant	announced	–
Main plant	operating	1000 TTPA
Expansion	construction	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*	Blast furnace capacity	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant	announced	600 TTPA	–	600 TTPA
Main plant	operating	–	744 TTPA	744 TTPA
Expansion	construction	–	900 TTPA	900 TTPA

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

Phase	Sinter	Coke	Pellets
Main plant	600 TTPA	500 TTPA	2400 TTPA
Main plant	600 TTPA	500 TTPA	2400 TTPA
Expansion	240 TTPA	50 TTPA	8000 TTPA

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

Year	Total (all routes)
2020	–
2021	0 TTPA
2022	11 TTPA

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

Year	BF Production	DRI Production	Total (all routes)
2020	–	–	–
2021	0 TTPA	344 TTPA	344 TTPA
2022	0 TTPA	776 TTPA	776 TTPA

Blast Furnace 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	announced	2006	unknown	unknown	550 m³	600	unknown	unknown

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Resources

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