Arjas Steel Tadipatri plant
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Arjas Steel Tadipatri plant, also known as Gerdau Steel India, is a 325 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Location: Jambulapadu(v) Tadipatri Mandal, Ananthpur District Andhra Pradesh, Pincode - 515411, India[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 14.873471, 78.048425 (exact)
Background
The Arjas Steel Tadipatri plant began operating in 2012 under Arjas Steel Pvt Ltd.[2] There are two captive power plants on-site producing around 70% of the energy needed at the facility (combined capacity of 21 MW).[3] The first captive power plant uses the waste heat of the coke plant (with a capacity of 15 MW) and the second captive power plant uses blast furnace gas (with a capacity of 6 MW).[2]
In 2018, six workers died and another four were injured after a carbon monoxide gas leak occurred at the plant.[4]
In 2019, another employee died after falling on a fork lift.[5]
Expansion
In 2019, Arjas Steel Ltd announced its plans to increase the capacity at the plant by 350 to 375 ttpa.[6] The company stated it would be investing Rs 200 crore on the expansion, which would be completed in 2023.[7] However, according to the OECD's steelmaking report, the completion date has been updated to 2030.[8]
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operating[9] | 2012[10] | 1800[11] | two captive power plants (21 MW capacity combined)[11] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arjas Steel Pvt Ltd [100%][9] | 4297665844 [100%] | Arjas Steel Pvt Ltd[12] | 4297665844 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[10] | profiles; rounds; squares; bars[10] | automotive; building and infrastructure; energy; steel packaging; tools and machinery; transport[13] | 2018[14] | 2021[14] | blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[15] | sinter plant; coke ovens; BOF[15] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 325 TTPA[10] | 325 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Blast furnace capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 324 TTPA[15] | 324 TTPA |
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
| Sinter | Coke |
|---|---|
| 450 TTPA[15] | 200 TTPA[16] |
Blast Furnace Details
Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:
| Unit name | Status | Start date | Current size | Current capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | operating[10] | 2010[10] | 350 m³[15] | 324 TTPA[15] |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112195742/https://www.arjas.com/contact-uss. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Launch of the Brand". Arjas. Archived from the original on January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
- ↑ "Arjas Steel Private Ltd". Indian Steel Association. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Umashanker, K (2018-07-13). "Six dead in Tadipatri steel factory gas leak". The Hindu. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Contract employee dies in accident at steel factory". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 2019-07-26. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Mazumdar, Rakhi (2019-11-01). "Arjas Steel starts working on four-year road map to raise capacity". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ Reddem, Appaji (2019-10-20). "Arjas Steel to invest ₹200 crore on doubling its capacity". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
- ↑ "Latest Developments in Steelmaking Capacity" (PDF). OECD. 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111145746/https://www.arjas.com/. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 https://www.arjas.com/about-us.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220116025850/http://indsteel.org/arjas-steel-private-ltd.php. Archived from the original on 2022-01-16.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220112162003/https://www.arjas.com/about-us/units-in-india. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220204142250/https://www.arjas.com/industry-applications. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 https://www.arjas.com/certifications.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220119233914/https://www.arjas.com/value-chain/key-facilities. Archived from the original on 2022-01-19.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.arjas.com/tadipatri.
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Other resources
Additional data
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