ESL Steel plant

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ESL Steel plant, also known as ESL and Electrosteel Steels Limited, is a 1500 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India.

Location

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  • Location: Village: Siyaljori, PO.- Jogidih, Op.- Bangeria, PS.- Chandankyari, Dist.– Bokaro 828303, Jharkhand (INDIA)[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 23.632907, 86.293671 (exact)

Background

The ESL Steel Ltd plant began operating in 2006 under ESL Steel Ltd.[2]

The plant has had a long history of encroachment allegations. Between March 2009 to 2017, the state forest department filed 53 cases against the company. In 2017, the forest department found that the plant was built on nationally-protected forest land. ESL had lied about the project site in its documents, according to the department's July 2019 inspection report. A Supreme Court-appointed centrally empowered committee had heard of the issue much earlier in 2010, but no action had been taken before.[3]

In 2020, a group of employees protested outside and plant demanding better rights and compensation.[4]

In September 2021, an accident at the plant killed three workers.[5] In December 2022, four workers were injured during a fire incident at the plant.[6]

In 2018, the plant had a planned capacity of 2.51 mtpa and a commissioned capacity of 1.5 mtpa.[7][8] In an Expression of Interest dared August 2023, the company announced that the existing two 60 ton BOF units will be replaced by two new 65 ton BOF units.[9] The company planned to expand the capacity of the plant from 1.5 mtpa to 3 mtpa in phase-I expansion within two years, and to 6 mtpa in the next phase.[8] The expansion of hot metal capacity to 3 mtpa was expected to be completed in 2023 at an investment of US$ 348 million.[10] In December 2018, the company announced that it will add a capacity of 4.5 mtpa at a cost of US$ 3-4 billion on top of the 2.51 mtpa.[11][12][13] On 28 March 2022, Vendanta approved expansion of ESL Steel plant to 3 mtpa which will involve addition of a 1050 m3 blast furnace, 500 ttpa coke ovens, a 1800 ttpa pellet plant and an 800 tpd oxygen plant. The expansion also involves debottlenecking of blast furnace #3.[14]

In July 2023, Vendanta announced its plans to sell the ESL Steel plant.[15] In October 2023, it was reported that JSW Steel, ArcelorMittal and a few private equity funds were interested in acquiring the steel plant along with the iron ore mines, both subsidiaries of Vedanta Ltd.[16]


Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date
operating[17] 2006[18]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
Vedanta Ltd [100%][18] 4295872982 [100%] ESL Steel Ltd[18] 4298544502

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products ISO 14001 Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished; finished rolled[19] billets; TMT bars; wire rods; ductile iron pipes; pig iron[20][19] 2021[21] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[19][22] BOF; sinter plant; coke oven[23]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
2570 TTPA[24][25][26] 2570 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
2008 TTPA[27] 2008 TTPA

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

Sinter Coke
2900 TTPA[28] >0 TTPA[19]

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

Year BOF Production EAF Production OHF Production Total (all routes)
2021 1190 TTPA[29] 1190 TTPA


Blast Furnace Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
1 operating[27] 782 m³[27] 1004 TTPA[27]
2 operating[27] 2020[27] 618 m³[30] 1004 TTPA[27]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.

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