Steelmaking at NMDC Karnataka is based on the basic oxygen furnace, which converts liquid hot metal into crude steel by blowing oxygen through the melt. The liquid steel is solidified into semi-finished shapes by continuous casting. The plant has a crude steel capacity of about 3.0 million tonnes per year.
Process Route
BOF
Timeline
Announced2008
Operating2030
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
3,000
BOF
3,000
Steel Units
BOF
unknown BOF (1)cancelled
3,000 ttpawiki
Ownership
Owner NMDC Steel Ltd
Parent NMDC Steel Ltd [100.0%]
State ownership Partial
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Bellary Taluk
Asia Pacific
India
15.1863°, 76.9166°
At a Glance
- Route
- BOF
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,000 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 2030