Rourkela Steel Plant

 Rourkela Steel Plant

Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), the first integrated steel plant in the public sector in India, was set up with German collaboration with an installed capacity of 1 million tonnes. Subsequently, its capacity was enhanced to 1.9 million tonnes.

The plant was modernised in the mid-1990s with a number of new units having state-of-the-art facilities. Most of the old units were also revamped for effecting substantial improvement in the quality of products, reducing cost and ensuring cleaner environment.

RSP was the first plant in India to incorporate LD technology of steel making. It is also the first steel plant in SAIL and the only one presently where 100% of slabs are produced through the cost-effective and quality-centeric continuous casting route.

RSP presently has the capacity to produce 2 million tonnes of hot metal, 1.9 million tonnes of crude steel and 1.67 million tonnes of saleable steel. It is SAIL’s only plant that produce silicon steels for the power sector, high quality pipes for the oil & gas sector and tin plates for the packaging industry. Its wide and sophisticated product range includes various flat, tubular and coated products.

RSP is in the last leg of implementation of a massive modernisation and expansion project being implemented with capital investment of around of Rs 12,000 crores that will more than double its present capacity.

Post expansion production plan (In Million Tonnes per annum)

Item	Existing capacity	Post Expansion
Hot Metal	2.00	4.5
Crude Steel	1.90	4.2
Saleable Steel	1.67	3.9

Details of Modernisation and Expansion of RSP (Please click link for details)

Location
Rourkela Steel Plant is located in the north-western tip of Orissa and at the heart of a rich mineral belt. Being situated on the Howrah-Mumbai rail mainline, Rourkela is very well connected with most of the important cities of India. The nearby airports are Ranchi (173 km), Bhubaneswar (378 km) and Kolkata (413 km). Rourkela also has an airstrip maintained by RSP.