India plans to double the capacity of the steel mill in Rourkela
The state-controlled Indian Steel Authority of India (Sail) plans to double the steelmaking capacity at its Rourkele plant in the eastern Indian state of Odisha to 9.8 million tons per year by 2030, the steel ministry said.
The expansion will be carried out through investments of 300 billion. rupees (3.4 billion dollars), said on November 19, the Minister of Heavy Industry of India H.
D. Coomaraswamy.
The steady growth of mining in Odisha will help provide raw materials to the Rourkela plant, the ministry said. The ministry added that the Odisha group of mines has increased production by more than 5% this year and is expected to exceed 15 million tons in 2025-26, which will increase the safety of raw materials for the Rourkela plant.
The Minister also opened a casting plant with a capacity of 1 million tons of slabs per year at the Sail plant in Rourkel. A coke oven battery and a new pellet production plant are currently under construction.
Sail plans to increase crude steel production from 20 million tons per year currently to 35 million tons per year by the fiscal year ending in March 2031. In January, the ministry said it would invest 200 billion rupees to expand production capacity at Sail's Bokaro plant in Jharkhand state. The planned additions, including a new blast furnace, will increase the pig iron smelting capacity at the Bokaro plant from 5.25 million tons per year to 7.55 million tons per year.
Private sector steel companies such as JSW Steel and Tata Steel have also undertaken significant expansions to meet India's demands. The goal is to increase steel production to 300 million tons per year by 2030.