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Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Challakere steel plant

operating

Challakere, Asia Pacific, India

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Process Route

DRI

Timeline

Announced 2010

Capacity (ttpa)

DRI

90

Iron Units

DRI
unknown DRI (1)operating
30 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (2)operating
30 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (3)operating
30 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (4)announced
145 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (5)announced
145 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (6)announced
145 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (7)announced
145 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (8)announced
207 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (9)announced
207 ttpawiki

Steel Units

EAF
unknown EAF (1)announced
304 ttpa40 twiki
IF
unknown IF (1)announced
43 ttpa12 twiki
IF
unknown IF (2)announced
43 ttpa12 twiki
IF
unknown IF (3)announced
43 ttpa12 twiki
IF
unknown IF (4)announced
166 ttpa40 twiki
IF
unknown IF (5)announced
166 ttpa40 twiki

Inputs & Energy

Power WHRB (7.1 MW operating, 66 MW proposed); 37 MW FBC proposed

Iron ore Own mines and external purchase fromKarnataka and Odisha

Met coal SCCL, CIL, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia

Steel Products

billet

Ownership

Owner Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Pvt Ltd

Parent Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Pvt Ltd [100.0%]

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).