Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Challakere Steel Plant

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Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Challakere Steel Plant is a steel plant in Challakere, Heggere, Chitradurga, Karnataka, India that operates direct reduced iron (DRI), steelmaking, and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Villages: Heggere & Kaparahalli, Taluk: Challakere, District: Chitradurga, Karnataka, India
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 14.152912, 76.665824 (exact)

Background

Prakash Industries Ltd was established in 1980. Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 10 September 2007. The company currently operates a DRI plant and induction furnaces at the plant. It has currently proposed the expansion of sponge iron production from 90 ttpa to 1,118 ttpa and steel capacity from 130 ttpa to 784 ttpa.

The public hearing for the proposed epxansion was conducted on 08 September 2023.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2010	WHRB (7.1 MW operating, 66 MW proposed); 37 MW FBC proposed	Own mines and external purchase fromKarnataka and Odisha	SCCL, CIL, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Pvt Ltd [100.0%]	5082001234 [100.0%]	E100001012047 [100.0%]	Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Pvt Ltd [100%]	5082001234	E100001012047 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Main production equipment
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	304	461	765

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	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced	994	994
operating	90	90

Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

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

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

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

Unit Details

Table 8: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)	Reductant
unknown DRI (1)	operating	2010	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (2)	operating	2010	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (3)	operating	2010	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (4)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	145	coal
unknown DRI (5)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	145	coal
unknown DRI (6)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	145	coal
unknown DRI (7)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	145	coal
unknown DRI (8)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	207	coal
unknown DRI (9)	announced	2010	rotary kiln	207	coal

Table 9: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	announced	2022	304	40.0

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap	% DRI	% granulated pig iron	% other iron
unknown EAF (1)	yes	>0	70.00	>0	30.00

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Resources

• Company website