SAIL Bhilai 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 7.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are wire rod, rail, plate, bar.
Process Route
Timeline
Operating since 1959
Emissions
2025
11.1 Mt CO₂e
1.90 t CO₂e per tonne of steel
Typical BF-BOF route: 1.8–2.0 t/t
Modelled estimate (Climate TRACE), not reported data. Methodology
Capacity (ttpa)
Crude Steel
6,999
BOF
6,999
Blast Furnace
6,933
Sinter
9,235
Coking
3,940
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Bhilai Steel power station; 15 MW floating solar power plant (upcoming)
Iron ore SAIL Dalli Mine (P100000128475); SAIL Jharan Dalli Mine (P100000128918); SAIL Mahamaya-Dulki Mine (P100000128532); SAIL Rajhara Mine (P100000128495); SAIL Rowghat Mine (P100000128533)
Steel Products
wire rod, rail, plate, bar
Ownership
Owner Steel Authority of India Ltd
Parent Steel Authority of India Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 16,407 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Bhilai
Asia Pacific
India
21.1852°, 81.3942°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 6,999 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1959
- Products
- Semi-finished
- Certifications
- 2 recorded