SAIL Rourkela steel plant

operating

Rourkela, Asia Pacific, India

ISO 14001ISO 50001

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Announced1953

Operating1959

Emissions

2025

6.17 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

3,282

BOF

3,282

Blast Furnace

4,500

Sinter

6,776

Coking

768

Pelletising

2,000

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 1operating

1,059 ttpa1491 m³ · relined 2018Danieli Coruswiki

BF 4operating

641 ttpa1658 m³ · relined 2020wiki

BF 5operating

2,800 ttpa4060 m³Danieli Corus; Tata Projects Limited; MECONwiki

unknown BF (1)announced

6,000 ttpawiki

Steel Units

BOF

unknown BOF (1)operating

1,094 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (2)operating

1,094 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (3)operating

1,094 ttpaMecon Limitedwiki

BOF

unknown BOF (4)announced

4,800 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (5)operating pre-retirement

481 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (6)operating pre-retirement

437 ttpawiki

BOF

unknown BOF (7)announced

1,212 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Captive power plant #1 (1959, updated 1978), Rourkela Works-2 power station

Iron ore SAIL Barsua Mine (P100000128517); SAIL Bolani Mine (P100000128461); SAIL Kalta Mine (P100000128480); SAIL Taldih Mine (P100000128525)

Met coal domestic

Steel Products

pipe, coil, sheet, plate

Ownership

Owner Steel Authority of India Ltd

Parent Steel Authority of India Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 12,938 employees

State ownership Partial

Country Context

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

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Location

Rourkela

Asia Pacific

India

22.2108°, 84.8689°