Vedanta Sesa Goa Pig Iron Plant

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Vedanta Sesa Goa Pig Iron Plant, also known as Sesa Goa plant (formerly), is a steel plant in Amona, North Goa, Goa, India that operates blast furnace (BF) technology.

Location

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• Location: Amona, Goa, India
• Coordinates (WGS 84): 15.526866, 73.986671 (exact)

Background

Vedanta Sesa Goa Pig Iron Division is the largest merchant producer of Pig Iron in India with production capacity of 80,000 tons per month. the pig iron division (PID) started operating in 1992. It was the first to introduce low phosphorous foundry-grade pig iron in India. The PID has three blast furnaces, making SESA’s PID the largest producer of low phosphorous pig iron in India with an installed capacity of 950 thousand tonnes per annum (ttpa). The company also commissioned an 800 ttpa sintering facility that would enable the PID to partially meet its iron ore requirement with sintered iron ore fines, resulting in significant cost savings and increasing efficiencies.

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
1992	60 MW Captive Power Plant	Sesa Goa Iron Ore	unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Vedanta Ltd	4295872982	E100001000479	Vedanta Iron and Steel Ltd	5086859493	E100001012389

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	ISO 14001	Main production equipment
crude	pig iron	yes	BF

Table 4: 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)
operating	1000	1000

Table 5: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter	Coke
800	522

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

Year	BF production	Other/unknown iron production	Total (all routes)
2019	unknown	unknown	–
2020	unknown	unknown	–
2021	unknown	unknown	–
2022	682	–	682
2023	831	–	831

Unit Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)	Decarbonization technology	Most recent relining
BF 1	operating	1992	173.0 m3	175	unknown	2022
BF 2	operating	1994	173.0 m3	175	unknown	2022
BF 3	operating	2012	618.0 m3	650	unknown	2020-12

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Resources

• Company website