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SAIL Bokaro steel plant

operating

Bokaro Steel City, Asia Pacific, India

ISO 14001ISO 50001
GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Announced1964
Construction1968
Operating1972

Emissions

2025

6.98 Mt CO₂e

1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel

Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t

Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

4,652

BOF

4,652

Blast Furnace

5,775

Sinter

6,900

Coking

4,212

Production

Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.

Iron Units

BF
BF 1operating
1,050 ttpa2000 m³ · relined 2016Heavy Engineering Corporation; the Soviet Unionwiki
BF
BF 2operating
1,575 ttpa2250 m³ · relined 2010Paul Wurth; Larsen & Toubro; Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC)wiki
BF
BF 3operating
1,050 ttpa1758 m³Heavy Engineering Corporation; the Soviet Unionwiki
BF
BF 4operating
1,050 ttpa1758 m³ · relined 2022wiki
BF
BF 5operating
1,050 ttpa1758 m³ · relined 2012Evo-Techwiki
BF
unknown BF (1)announced
2,800 ttpa4060 m³wiki
BF
unknown BF (2)announced
2,800 ttpa4060 m³wiki

Steel Units

BOF
BOF Converter A (4)operating
484 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF Converter B (3)operating
484 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF Converter C (2)operating
484 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF Converter D (1)operating
484 ttpawiki
BOF
BOF Converter E (5)operating
484 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (1)operating
1,116 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)operating
1,116 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (3)announced
1,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (4)announced
1,500 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power BPSCL Captive power plant and balance from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)

Iron ore SAIL Bolani Mine (P100000128461); SAIL Kiriburu Mine (P100000128455); SAIL Meghahatuburu Mine (P100000128530); SAIL Kalta Mine (P100000128480)

Met coal Jharia coalfields, BCCL & imported from Australia

Steel Products

coil, sheet, plate, galvanized coils and sheets, cold rolled, hot rolled

Ownership

Owner Steel Authority of India Ltd

Parent Steel Authority of India Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 11,798 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).

Facility emissions estimates from Climate TRACE. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.