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SAIL Bhilai steel plant, also known as BSP, is a steel plant in Bhilai, Durg, Chhattisgarh, India that operates blast furnace (BF), basic oxygen furnace (BOF), and ironmaking technology.

Location

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  • Location: Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 490021, India
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 21.185157, 81.394207 (exact)

Background

SAIL has Maharatna CPSE (Central Public Sector Enterprise) status by the Government of India under the Ministry of Steel.[1]

Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) was set up in 1955 with the help of the then USSR and began production in 1959.[2] BSP is India's largest producer & supplier of rails for the Indian Railways.[3] The Surakachhar coal mine supplies coal to the facility. The plant upgraded its blast furnace 7 in 2006-07.[4]

The plant is currently increased capacity to 7 mtpa from 4 mtpa, under the SAIL-wide Modernisation-cum-expansion plan (MODEX).[5] It involved installing a 4,060 m3 blast furnace with hot metal production capacity of 8,000 tonnes per day, augmenting existing steel melting shop-II and setting up a third steel melting shop housing BOF technology.[4][6] According to the SAIL website the expansion has been completed and facilities installed.[7]

In December 2019, SAIL announced another expansion plan of 3 mtpa for the plant, the documentation work and feasibility study of which is expected to commence by 2024-25.[8]The expansion is expected to be completed by 2025.[9]

SAIL is planning to spend INR 7,500 crore as capex in FY26, to expand capacities across its plants.[10]

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date Workforce size Power source Iron ore source Coal source
1959[11] 16407[12] Bhilai Steel power station; 15 MW floating solar power plant (upcoming)[13][14] SAIL Dalli Mine (P100000128475); SAIL Jharan Dalli Mine (P100000128918); SAIL Mahamaya-Dulki Mine (P100000128532); SAIL Rajhara Mine (P100000128495); SAIL Rowghat Mine (P100000128533)[15][16][17] unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status Parent company Parent company PermID Parent GEM entity ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner GEM entity ID
Partial Steel Authority of India Ltd [100.0%] 4295872623 [100.0%] E100001000703 [100.0%] Steel Authority of India Ltd [100%][18] 4295872623 E100001000703 [100%]

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Steel sector end users ISO 14001 ISO 50001 Main production equipment
semi-finished[19] wire rod, rail, plate, bar[19][20] automotive, building and infrastructure, energy, transport[21] yes[22] yes[22] BF; BOF; Iron other/unspecified

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

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 7000[23][24] 7000[23][24]
operating 6999[25][26][22][27][24] 6999[25][26][22][27][24]

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

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Blast furnace capacity Other/unspecified iron capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced – 7000[23] 7000[23]
operating 6933[28][22][27] – 6933[28][22][27]
operating pre-retirement 568[22] – 568[22]

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

Sinter Coke Pellets
9235[27][29] 3940[27][29] NF

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

Year BOF production Total (all routes)
2019 5740[30] 5740[30]
2020 4240[31] 4240[31]
2021 unknown –
2022 5215[32] 5215[32]
2023 5675[33][34] 5675[33][34]
2024 5658[35] 5658[35]

Table 8: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year BF production Total (all routes)
2019 6043[36] 6043[36]
2020 5759[36] 5759[36]
2021 4600[31] 4600[31]
2022 5420[32] 5420[32]
2023 5985[33] 5985[33]
2024 5880[35] 5880[35]

Unit Details

Table 9: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Retired date Furnace manufacturer and model Current size Current capacity (ttpa) Decarbonization technology Most recent relining
BF 1 operating pre-retirement[37] 1959[38][39] 2028[37] The Soviet Union[40][41][39] 1033.0[42][17] 568[22] unknown 2018-08-01[43]
BF 4 operating[42][17] – – The Soviet Union[40][41][39] 1719.0[42][17] 946[22] unknown 2021-08-25[44]
BF 5 operating[42][17] 1966[45] – The Soviet Union[40][41][39] 1719.0[42][17] 946[22] unknown 2020-09-07[46]
BF 6 operating[42][17] 1971[41] – Heavy Engineering Corporation; the Soviet Union[40][41][39] 1719.0[42][17] 946[22] unknown 2024-10-10[47]
BF 7 operating[42][17] 1987[48] – MECON (Govt. of India); Danieli Corus[49][50] 2355.0[42][17] 1295[22] unknown 2022-10-26[51]
BF 8 operating[27] 2018[24] – Paul Wurth; Larsen & Toubro; MECON (Govt. of India); Saint-Gobain (parts) Paul Wurth Bell-less top design[40][52][50][40][49] 4060.0[27][28] 2800[27][28] Top recovery turbine, Waste heat recovery system[28] –

Table 10: Basic Oxygen Furnace Details

Unit name Status Start date Furnace manufacturer and model Current capacity (ttpa) Current size
unknown BOF (1) operating[27] 1985[53] LD Converter[54] 1000[25][22][24][26] 110.0 tonnes[17]
unknown BOF (2) operating[27] 1985[53] LD Converter[54] 1000[25][22][24][26] 130.0 tonnes[17]
unknown BOF (3) operating[27] 1985[53] LD Converter[54] 1000[25][22][24][26] 110.0 tonnes[17]
unknown BOF (4) operating[27] 2018[55] – 1333[27] 180.0 tonnes[27]
unknown BOF (5) operating[27] 2018[55] – 1333[27] 180.0 tonnes[27]
unknown BOF (6) operating[27] 2018[55] – 1333[27] 180.0 tonnes[27]
unknown BOF (7) announced[56][27] 2030[57][24] – 7000[23][24] –[58][56][59]

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