RINL Vizag Steel plant

operating

Visakhapatnam, Asia Pacific, India

ISO 14001ISO 50001

GEM wiki

Process Route

BFBOF

Timeline

Announced1970

Construction1971

Operating1989

Emissions

2025

10.2 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

7,300

BOF

7,300

Blast Furnace

7,500

Sinter

10,101

Coking

4,200

Production

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

Iron Units

BF 1operating

2,500 ttpa3891 m³ · relined 2014Siemens VAI; Primetals Technologies (2014 upgrade)wiki

BF 2operating

2,500 ttpa3891 m³ · relined 2017Primetals Technologies (2017 upgrade)wiki

BF 3operating

2,500 ttpa3800 m³Paul Wurthwiki

Steel Units

BOF

BOF Aoperating

1,167 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF Boperating

1,167 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF Coperating

1,166 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF Doperating

1,266 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF Eoperating

1,267 ttpawiki

BOF

BOF Foperating

1,267 ttpawiki

Inputs & Energy

Power Power generated at two captive power plants, solar power plant, back pressure turbine station (BPTS), Gas Expansion Turbine Station (GET), waste heat recovery at sinter plant.

Iron ore NMDC Donimalai (P100000128467); SAIL Rourkela mine

Met coal Russia; Central Coalfields

Steel Products

wire rod, rebar, channel, bar, billet, pig iron, rounds, special

Ownership

Owner Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd

Parent Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd [100.0%]

Workforce 12,794 employees

State ownership Full

Country Context

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

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Location

Visakhapatnam

Asia Pacific

India

17.6128°, 83.1919°