Orissa Steel and Power Jhargram Steel Plant

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Orissa Steel & Power Jhargram Steel Plant, also known as Rashmi Udyog Pvt Ltd, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) announced steel plant in Jhargram, West Bengal, India.

Location

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

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• Location: Village – Jitusole & Baghmuri, P. O. – Garhsalboni, P. S. – Jhargram, District – Jhargram, State – West Bengal
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.359100, 87.017184 (exact)

Background

M/s Orissa Steel & Power Private Limited (Formerly known as M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited) a wholly own subsidiary of M/s Rashmi Cement Limited is originally incorporated under Company Act on 16th October, 2019 with the name of M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited and later on company name is change to M/s Orissa Steel & Power Private Limited on 17th November, 2020. The project was originally accorded environmental clearance on 22nd June, 2015. The same EC was subsequently transferred from M/s Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Limited to M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited (a wholly own subsidiary of M/s Rashmi Cement Limited). The name of company was changed to Orissa Steel & Power Pvt. Ltd. The company has proposed to expand its existing pellet plant while also setting up new sponge iron plant and steel melting shop. The executive summary of the proposal to expand the capacities were submitted in September 2021. As of December 2024, there has been no updates in the project.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status	Announced date	Power source
Announced	2012	245 MW Captive Power Plant

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Rashmi Cement Ltd [99.7%]	E100001012079 [99.7%]	Orissa Steel & Power Pvt Ltd	5083805903	E100001012078

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Main production equipment	Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished	rod	DRI, EAF, other	5 DRI (900 tpd each); 1 EAF (60 ton); 10 IF (8x30 ton; 2x40 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.

Capacity operating status*	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced	460 TTPA	1800 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.

Capacity operating status*	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced	2000 TTPA	2000 TTPA

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

Pellets
6400 TTPA

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