SAIL Bhilai steel plant

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SAIL Bhilai steel plant, also known as BSP, is a blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) steel plant operating in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

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  • Location: Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 490021, India
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 21.185157, 81.394207 (exact)

Background

SAIL has Maharatna CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprise) status by the Government of India under the Ministry of Steel.[1]

Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was set up in 1955 with the help of the then USSR and began production in 1959.[2] BSP is India's largest producer & supplier of rails for the Indian Railways.[3] The Surakachhar coal mine supplies coal to the facility. The plant upgraded its blast furnace 7 in 2006-07.[4]

The plant is currently increased capacity to 7 mtpa from 4 mtpa, under the SAIL-wide Modernisation-cum-expansion plan (MODEX).[5] It involved installing a 4,060 m3 blast furnace with hot metal production capacity of 8,000 tonnes per day, augmenting existing steel melting shop-II and setting up a third steel melting shop housing BOF technology.[4][6] According to the SAIL website the expansion has been completed and facilities installed.[7]

In December 2019, SAIL announced another expansion plan of 3 mtpa for the plant, the documentation work and feasibility study of which is expected to commence by 2024-25.[8]The expansion is expected to be completed by 2025.[9]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Phase Plant status Announced date Construction date Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source
Main plant Operating[10] – – 1959[11] 13279[12] Bhilai Steel power station[13] Captive mine at Dalli-Rajhara Iron Ore Complex, 80 kms from Bhilai.[14]
Expansion Operating[15][16] – – 2018[16] – – Captive mine at Dalli-Rajhara Iron Ore Complex, 80 kms from Bhilai.[14]
Expansion Announced[15][17] 2021[15][17] 2025[18][19] 2030[20] – – –

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Phase State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Main plant Partial Steel Authority of India Ltd [100%] 4295872623 [100%] E100001000397 [65%]; E100001000520 [9.4%] Steel Authority of India Ltd[21] 4295872623 E100001000703

Table 3: Process and Products

Phase Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
Main plant semi-finished[22] semis, rails, wire rods, plates[22] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[23] yes[10] yes[10] BF, BOF[22] coking plant (8 batteries of 65 ovens, 3 batteries of 67 ovens); 2 sinter plants; 3 BOF (3x110/130-tonne); 4 THF (4x250-tonne)[14]
Expansion semi-finished[22] semis, rails, wire rods, plates[22] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[23] – – BF, BOF[15] 3 BOF (SMS 3; 180-tonnes each)[15]
Expansion semi-finished[22] semis, rails, wire rods, plates[22] automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; transport[23] – – BOF[15] BOF[20]

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* Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
Main plant operating 3000 TTPA[10][20][24][25][10][20][24][25][10][20][24][25] 3000 TTPA[10][20][24][25][10][20][24][25][10][20][24][25]
Expansion operating 4000 TTPA[15][15][15] 4000 TTPA[15][15][15]
Expansion announced 3000 TTPA[18][20] 3000 TTPA[18][20]

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 Nominal iron capacity (total)
Main plant operating 4700 TTPA[10][10][10][10][10] 4700 TTPA[10][10][10][10][10]
Expansion operating 2800 TTPA[15][26] 2800 TTPA[15][26]
Expansion announced – –

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

Phase Sinter Coke
Main plant 9235 TTPA[15][27] 3940 TTPA[15][27]
Expansion 537 TTPA[27] –
Expansion – –

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

Year BOF Production Total (all routes)
2020 4240 TTPA[28] 4240 TTPA
2021 – 0 TTPA
2022 5215 TTPA[29] 5215 TTPA

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

Year BF Production Total (all routes)
2020 5759 TTPA[30] 5759 TTPA
2021 4600 TTPA[28] 4600 TTPA
2022 5420 TTPA[29] 5420 TTPA

Blast Furnace Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Announced date Construction date Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
1 operating[14][31] unknown unknown 1959[32] The Soviet Union[33][34][32] 1033 m³[14][31] 568[10] unknown 2018-08-01[35]
4 operating[14][31] unknown unknown unknown The Soviet Union[33][34][32] 1719 m³[14][31] 945[10] unknown 2021-08-25[27][36]
5 operating[14][31] unknown unknown unknown The Soviet Union[33][34][32] 1719 m³[14][31] 945[10] unknown 2020-09-07[37]
6 operating[14][31] unknown unknown 1971[33] Heavy Engineering Corporation; the Soviet Union[33][34][32] 1719 m³[14][31] 945[10] unknown 2014-07-30[38]
7 operating[14][31] unknown unknown 2007[39] MECON (Govt. of India); Danieli Corus[40][39] 2355 m³[14][31] 1295[10] unknown 2022-10-26[41][42]
8 operating[15] unknown unknown 2018-02[20] Paul Wurth; Larsen & Toubro; MECON (Govt. of India); Saint-Gobain (parts) Paul Wurth Blast Furnace Design[34][43][40][39] 4060 m³[15][26] 2800[15][26] Top recovery turbine, Waste heat recovery system[26] unknown

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