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Xindia Steels Koppal

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BF–BOF Integrated route · Koppal, Asia Pacific, India

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Xindia Steels Koppal 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 5.0 million tonnes per year. Its main products are pipe, pig iron, pellets.

Process Route

BFBOFDRI

Timeline

Announced2008
Operating2029

Capacity (ttpa)

Crude Steel

5,000

BOF

5,000

Blast Furnace

5,000

Pelletising

5,200

Iron Units

BF
unknown BF (1)cancelled
2,500 ttpawiki
BF
unknown BF (2)cancelled
2,500 ttpawiki
DRI
unknown DRI (1)cancelled

Steel Units

BOF
unknown BOF (1)cancelled
2,500 ttpawiki
BOF
unknown BOF (2)cancelled
2,500 ttpawiki

Steel Products

pipe, pig iron, pellets

Ownership

Owner Xindia Steels Ltd

Parent China Minmetals Corp [14.3%]; Kelachandra Group [14.3%]; Manasara Group [14.3%]; Shanxi HONGDA Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd [14.3%]; The Joinus Venture Capital Co Ltd [14.3%]; Xinxing Cathay International Group Co Ltd [14.3%]; McWane Inc

Country Context

India crude steel production (USGS). Plant line shows nominal capacity, not output.

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Plant data sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker (March 2026), Global Energy Monitor. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Production data: USGS Minerals Yearbook — Raw Steel: World Production by Country or Locality (2019 edition; 2022 and 2023 early release tables). U.S. Geological Survey, public domain. EAF/BOF splits: USGS Minerals Yearbook (2023 estimates).