SAIL Rourkela
operatingBF–BOF Integrated route · Rourkela, Asia Pacific, India
SAIL Rourkela 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 3.3 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, coil, sheet, plate.
Process Route
Timeline
Emissions
2025
6.17 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
3,282
BOF
3,282
Blast Furnace
4,500
Sinter
6,776
Coking
768
Pelletising
2,000
Production
Crude steelproduction, GEM-compiled (Global Iron & Steel Tracker). Dashed line shows nominal capacity.
Iron Units
Steel Units
Inputs & Energy
Power Captive power plant #1 (1959, updated 1978), Rourkela Works-2 power station
Iron ore SAIL Barsua Mine (P100000128517); SAIL Bolani Mine (P100000128461); SAIL Kalta Mine (P100000128480); SAIL Taldih Mine (P100000128525)
Met coal domestic
Steel Products
pipe, coil, sheet, plate
Ownership
Owner Steel Authority of India Ltd
Parent Steel Authority of India Ltd [100.0%]
Workforce 12,938 employees
State ownership Partial
Country Context
India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.
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Location
Rourkela
Asia Pacific
India
22.2108°, 84.8689°
At a Glance
- Route
- BF–BOF Integrated
- Crude steel capacity
- 3,282 ttpa
- Commissioned
- 1959
- Products
- Semi-finished, finished rolled
- Certifications
- 2 recorded