Orissa Steel & Power Jhargram Steel Plant

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Orissa Steel & Power Jhargram Steel Plant, also known as Rashmi Udyog Pvt Ltd, is a direct reduced iron-electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) announced steel plant in Jhargram, West Bengal, India.

Location

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  • Location: Village – Jitusole & Baghmuri, P. O. – Garhsalboni, P. S. – Jhargram, District – Jhargram, State – West Bengal
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.359100, 87.017184 (exact)

Background

M/s Orissa Steel & Power Private Limited (Formerly known as M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited) a wholly own subsidiary of M/s Rashmi Cement Limited is originally incorporated under Company Act on 16th October, 2019 with the name of M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited and later on company name is change to M/s Orissa Steel & Power Private Limited on 17th November, 2020. The project was originally accorded environmental clearance on 22nd June, 2015. The same EC was subsequently transferred from M/s Rashmi Iron Industries Pvt Limited to M/s Rashmi Udyog Private Limited (a wholly own subsidiary of M/s Rashmi Cement Limited). The name of company was changed to Orissa Steel & Power Pvt. Ltd. The company has proposed to expand its existing pellet plant while also setting up new sponge iron plant and steel melting shop.[1]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Announced date Power source
Announced[2] 2012[2] 245 MW Captive Power Plant[2]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Rashmi Cement Ltd [99.7%] E100001012079 [99.7%] Orissa Steel & Power Pvt Ltd[2] 5083805903 E100001012078

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
crude; semi-finished[2] rod[2] DRI, EAF, other[2] 5 DRI (900 tpd each); 1 EAF (60 ton); 10 IF (8x30 ton; 2x40 ton)[2]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 460 TTPA[2] 1800 TTPA[2]

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

*Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status* Sponge iron/DRI capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced 2000 TTPA[2][2][2][2][2] 2000 TTPA[2][2][2][2][2]

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

Pellets
6400 TTPA[2]

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References

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