Rashmi Green Hydrogen Steel Kharagpur steel plant

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Rashmi Green Hydrogen Steel Kharagpur steel plant is a steel plant in Kharagpur, Khatranga, West Medinipur, West Bengal, India that operates blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) technology.

Location

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  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.331489, 87.398085 (exact)

Background

Rashmi Green Hydrogen & Steel Private Limited, a Private Limited company, announced its plan to set up a green field Project for Integrated Steel Plant -3.1 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) along with 230 MW ( 80 MW WHRB/ TRT based + 150 MW Coal based) Captive Power Plant at Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. The proposed plant comprises of blast furnaces, basic oxygen furnaces, sinter plants, pellet plant and non-recovery type coke oven plant.[1] The project is in the construction phase and the seamless tube/pipe plant and coal gasifier plant are in operation.[2] Complete project implementation of the project is expected to be completed by 2030.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Construction date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
2022[3] 2023[4] 3000[3] 230 MW CPP (80 MW WHRB; 150 MW CFBC); 49 MW from grid (WBSEDCL)[3] Barbil-Joda, Odisha[3] BCCL, Dhanbad[3]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Rashmi Green Hydrogen Steel Pvt Ltd 5086734197 E100002005355 Rashmi Green Hydrogen Steel Pvt Ltd[3] 5086734197 E100002005355

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users Main production equipment
finished rolled[3] ferro alloys, tube, pipe, strip, di pipe[3] building and infrastructure[3] 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)
announced 2600[3] 2600[3]

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)
announced 2000[3] 2000[3]
construction 1000[3] 1000[3]

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

Sinter Coke Pellets
4000[3] 1000[3] 1200[3]

Unit Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current size Current capacity (ttpa)
BF 1 construction[4] 2022[3] 686.0[3] 1000[3]
BF 2 announced[3] 2022[3] 686.0[3] 1000[3]
BF 3 announced[3] 2022[3] 2030[3] 686.0[3] 1000[3]

Table 8: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Start date Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) announced[3] 2022[3] 1444[3] 125.0 tonnes[3]
unknown BOF (2) announced[3] 2022[3] 2030[3] 1156[3] 100.0 tonnes[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pre-feasibility report" (PDF). environmentclearance.nic.in. 2022-03. Retrieved 2025-01-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Six monthly status compliance report" (PDF). www.rashmiseamless.com. 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2025-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 3.33 3.34 3.35 3.36 3.37 3.38 (PDF) https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Online/TOR/02_Apr_2022_10592301787414524PFRFinal.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://www.rashmiseamless.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EC_compliance-RGHSPL-_JUNE-2024_organized.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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