Prakash Sponge Iron and Power Challakere
operatingDRI–EAF route · Challakere, Asia Pacific, India
GEM wikiPrakash Sponge Iron and Power Challakere produces direct reduced iron by direct reduction — solid metallic iron made by reducing ore below its melting point — a feedstock for electric steelmaking. Its main products are billet.
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How direct reduction works
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Process Route
Timeline
Announced 2010
Capacity (ttpa)
DRI
90
Iron Units
Steel Units
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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Location
Challakere
Asia Pacific
India
14.1529°, 76.6658°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Products
- Semi-finished