Rungta Mines Karakolha sponge 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
The process behind this plant, explained from first principles.
Process Route
Timeline
Capacity (ttpa)
DRI
180
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power 109 MW CPP (30 MW WHRB; 79 MW AFBC/CFBC)
Iron ore Captive mine; OMC and other private mines
Met coal imported and domestic
Steel Products
billet
Ownership
Owner Rungta Mines Ltd
Parent Rungta Mines Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 1,444 employees
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Karakolha
Asia Pacific
India
22.1324°, 85.4170°
At a Glance
- Route
- DRI–EAF
- Commissioned
- 2006
- Products
- Semi-finished