Orissa Metaliks Kharagpur steel plant , also known as OMPL, Orissa Metallurgical Industry Pvt Ltd (OMIPL), is a steel plant in Kharagpur, Shyamraipur, West Medinipur, West Bengal, India that operates blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI), and induction furnace (IF) technology.
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the plant in Kharagpur, Shyamraipur, West Medinipur, West Bengal, India:
Location: Village Gokulpur, P.O. Shyamraipur, P.S. Kharagpur, District West Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Coordinates (WGS 84 ): 22.378355, 87.281773 (exact)
Background
Orissa Metaliks Private Limited (OMPL) was incorporated in July 2006.[ 1] OMPL comprises of two units: OMPL unit-I and OMPL unit-II after demerger of sevaeral units from Rashmi Metaliks Limited to OMPL in January 2017.[ 1] OMPL unit-I consists of 6x100 tpd and 1x350 tpd DRI rotary kilns with a capacity of 285 ttpa sponge iron and 28 MW WHRB-, 6 MW AFBC-, and 25 MW CFBC-based captive power plant, while Unit-II comprises of 1500 ttpa iron ore beneficiation plant, 1200 ttpa pellet plant as of 2017.[ 1] [ 2] A mini blast furnace is now part of Unit-II.[ 2] The plant comprises of 15 numbers of 20 tonne induction furnaces.[ 3]
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Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
Announced date
Start date
Power source
Iron ore source
Coal source
2008[ 4]
2017[ 5]
83 MW Captive Power Plant (at Unit I)[ 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
small shareholder(s) [28.7%]; Cimmco Vinimay Pvt Ltd [16.6%]; Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Ltd [9.1%]; Newera Commotrade Pvt Ltd [6.6%]; Rashmi Infrastructure Pvt Ltd [6.0%]; Bholebaba Consultants LLP [5.8%]; Rashmi Cement Ltd [5.7%]; Daffodil Plaza Pvt Ltd [5.7%]; Optimist Commosale Pvt Ltd [5.5%]; Rashidhan Sales Pvt Ltd [5.2%]; Rashmi Metaliks Ltd [5.0%]; natural person(s) [0.1%]
not applicable [28.7%]; 5080163114 [16.6%]; unknown [9.1%]; unknown [6.6%]; 5086775134 [6.0%]; unknown [5.8%]; 4298177377 [5.7%]; unknown [5.7%]; 5086775048 [5.5%]; 5082449920 [5.2%]; 4298375168 [5.0%]; not applicable [0.1%]
E100001015587 [28.7%]; E100001012163 [16.6%]; E100001012171 [9.1%]; E100001012169 [6.6%]; E100001012170 [6.0%]; E100001012164 [5.8%]; E100001012079 [5.7%]; E100001012165 [5.7%]; E100001012168 [5.5%]; E100001012166 [5.2%]; E100000130890 [5.0%]; E100000123261 [0.1%]
Orissa Metaliks Pvt Ltd [100%][ 7]
5062177290
E100001012161 [100%]
Table 3: Process and Products
Table 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
Induction furnace steelmaking capacity
Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating
900[ 8]
900[ 8]
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
450[ 10]
779[ 6]
1229[ 10] [ 6]
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)
2020
–
–
2021
556[ 5]
556[ 5]
2022
657[ 5] [ 8]
657[ 5] [ 8]
2023
–
–
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
Current size
Current capacity (ttpa)
Decarbonization technology
Most recent relining
unknown BF (1)
operating[ 10]
320.0 m3[ 10]
450[ 10]
unknown
2018
Table 10: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details
Unit name
Status
Furnace type
Current capacity (ttpa)
DRI 1
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 2
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 3
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 4
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 5
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 6
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
38[ 6]
DRI 7
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
133[ 6]
DRI 8
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
228[ 6]
DRI 9
operating[ 6]
rotary kiln[ 6]
190[ 6]
Table 11: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Reductant Details
Unit name
Current or initial reductant
DRI 1
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 2
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 3
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 4
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 5
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 6
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 7
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 8
coal (solid)[ 6]
DRI 9
coal (solid)[ 6]
Table 12: Induction Furnace Details
Table 13: Induction Furnace Feedstock Details
Unit name
Scrap-based
% scrap
% DRI
% basic/merchant pig iron
unknown IF (1)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (10)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (11)
None
unknown
–
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (12)
None
–
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (13)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (14)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (15)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (2)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (3)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (4)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (5)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (6)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (7)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (8)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
unknown IF (9)
None
unknown
>0[ 17]
>0[ 17]
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Additional data
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