Jai Balaji Durgapur Unit IV steel plant , also known as JBG Durgapur, is a steel plant in Durgapur, Pashchim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India that operates electric arc furnace (EAF), blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI), and induction furnace (IF) technology.
Location The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Durgapur, Pashchim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India:
Location: Vill – Banskopa, P.O – Rajbandh Durgapur – 713212, Burdwan, IndiaCoordinates (WGS 84 ): 23.483075, 87.352189 (exact)Background Jai Balaji group has four units with in West Bengal: Unit I, Unit III , Unit IV and Unit V.
In October 2007, the West Bengal Government signed a memoranda of agreement (MoA) with Videocon Industries and Jai Balaji Industries for the setting up a three million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant and a 1,200 MW power plant in the Asansol-Durgapur region of Burdwan, with a total investment of around INR 15,000 crore.[ 1] [ 2]
In 2021, the company proposed to expand its existing production capacity through modification / replacement / new addition to produce 891 thousand tonnes per annum of billets.[ 3]
As of October 2025, there has been no updates on the expansion project.
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Plant Details Table 1: General Plant Details
Announced date
Start date
Power source
Iron ore source
Coal source
2007-10[ 4]
2009[ 5]
70 MW CPP[ 6]
unknown
unknown
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
Parent company
Parent company PermID
Parent GEM entity ID
Owner
Owner company PermID
Owner GEM entity ID
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd [100.0%]
4295873993 [100.0%]
E100000130703 [100.0%]
Jai Balaji Industries Ltd [100%][ 7]
4295873993
E100000130703 [100%]
Table 3: Process and ProductsTable 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity
Induction furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced
182[ 9]
396[ 9]
578[ 9]
operating
–
295[ 9] [ 6]
295[ 9] [ 6]
Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)
1 Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1
Blast furnace capacity
Sponge iron/DRI capacity
Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating
80[ 9]
120[ 9] [ 10]
200[ 9] [ 10]
Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)
Year
Other/unknown steel production
Total (all routes)
2019
259[ 6]
259[ 6]
2020
189[ 6]
189[ 6]
2021
233[ 6]
233[ 6]
2022
346[ 6]
346[ 6]
2023
–[ 6]
–[ 6]
2024
–
–
Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)Unit Details Table 9: Blast Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Start date
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
unknown BF (1)
operating[ 9]
2009[ 5]
45.0 m3[ 9]
40[ 9]
unknown
unknown BF (2)
operating[ 9]
2009[ 5]
45.0 m3[ 9]
40[ 9]
unknown
Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Furnace type
Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown DRI (1)
operating[ 10]
rotary kiln[ 13]
30[ 10] [ 9]
unknown DRI (2)
operating[ 10]
rotary kiln[ 13]
30[ 9]
unknown DRI (3)
operating[ 10]
rotary kiln[ 13]
30[ 9]
unknown DRI (4)
operating[ 10]
rotary kiln[ 13]
30[ 9]
Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
unknown DRI (1)
coal (solid)[ 13]
unknown DRI (2)
coal (solid)[ 14]
unknown DRI (3)
coal (solid)[ 14]
unknown DRI (4)
coal (solid)[ 14]
Table 12: Electric Arc Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Announced date
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)
announced[ 9]
2021[ 9]
182[ 9]
25.0[ 9]
Table 13: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
unknown EAF (1)
None
unknown
Table 14: Induction Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Current capacity (ttpa)
Current size
unknown IF (1)
operating[ 9]
59[ 9] [ 6]
15.0 tonnes[ 15] [ 13]
unknown IF (2)
operating[ 9]
59[ 9] [ 6]
15.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (3)
operating[ 9]
59[ 9] [ 6]
15.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (4)
operating[ 9]
59[ 9] [ 6]
15.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (5)
operating[ 9]
59[ 9] [ 6]
15.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (6)
announced[ 9]
99[ 9]
25.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (7)
announced[ 9]
99[ 9]
25.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (8)
announced[ 9]
99[ 9]
25.0 tonnes[ 9]
unknown IF (9)
announced[ 9]
99[ 9]
25.0 tonnes[ 9]
Table 15: Induction Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% DRI
% basic/merchant pig iron
unknown IF (1)
None
unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown IF (2)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (3)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (4)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (5)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (6)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (7)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (8)
None
unknown
–
–
unknown IF (9)
None
unknown
–
–
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