JSW POSCO Keonjhar makes steel by the integrated route: iron ore is smelted into liquid hot metal in a blast furnace, then refined into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 18.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized.
Process Route
BFBOF
Timeline
Announced2024
Operating2028
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
18,000
BOF
18,000
Blast Furnace
18,000
Iron Units
Steel Units
Steel Products
hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized
Ownership
Owner JSW Steel Ltd; POSCO Holdings Inc
Parent JSW Steel Ltd [100.0%]; POSCO Holdings Inc [100.0%]
State ownership Partial
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Asia Pacific
India
20.2486°, 86.1564°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 18,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2028