Durgapur Steel Plant
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| Industry | Iron and steel |
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | Durgapur, West Bengal, India |
Key people | B P Singh, Director in Charge, Burnpur & Durgapur Steel Plants |
| Products | Merchant products, structural steel, wheels, axles |
| Revenue | $9.7 billion (2023) |
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) is one of the integrated steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited, located in Durgapur, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
Durgapur Steel Plant is the largest industrial unit in West Bengal.[1]Established in the late 1950s with assistance from the United Kingdom, DSP commenced operations in 1959.[2]
Location
Durgapur Steel Plant is situated about 158 km from Kolkata, its geographical location is defined as 23° 27' North and 88° 29' East. It is situated on the banks of the Damodar River in the Paschim Bardhaman district in the growing industrial city of Durgapur. The Grand Trunk Road and the main Kolkata-Delhi railway line pass through Durgapur.[3]
Infrastructure and Facilities
DSP is a fully integrated steel production setup, encompassing: (1) Raw Material Handling; (2) Ironmaking with advanced blast furnaces;(3) Steelmaking with basic oxygen furnaces and continuous casters; (4) Rolling Mills: Including medium structural mills, wire rod mills, and merchant mills, shaping steel into various forms;(5) Wheel & Axle Plant: Specialized facility for manufacturing forged railway wheels and axles. [2][4]
Modernisation and Expansion
Durgapur Steel Plant was setup in 1959 for a production of 1 million tonnes of crude steel annually. [5] It was modernised in 1988-89 and its capacity to produce crude steel was raised to 1.8 million tonnes annually. [6]Subsequently DSP produces 2.2 million tonnes of steel after two rounds of modernisation. [7][5]
Steel Authority of India has decided to further raise its capacity of Durgapur Steel Plant by 3.09 metric tonnes per annum its crude steel capacity by installing some new units (notably a new 3000 cubic metre volume blast furnace, a 2.5 milliontonnes per annum capacity iron ore pelletisation plant, a 0.4 million tonnes per annum capacity bar mill and other plants while upgrading some of the existing units.[8]
Product mix tonnes/annum
- Merchant products 280,000
- Structural 500,000
- Wheels & axles 58,000
- Semis 861,000
- Total saleable steel 2,262,000
Forged wheels specifically are made here; in October 2010, DSP licensed technology from Ukrainian manufacturer Interpipe which would allow it to make 955mm monobloc wheels.[9]
References
- ^ "Durgapur Steel Plant: A pillar of India's steel industry". Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b "Steel Authority of India Limited". Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ "Durgapur Steel Plant | SAIL". sail.co.in. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "SCRIBD Durgapur Steel Plant Overview and History". Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ a b "SCRIBD Durgapur Steel Plant". Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ ‘DSP Modernisation’ published by Durgapur Steel Plant, page 7
- ^ "Modrnisation Projects of DSP and IISCO Steel Plant" (PDF). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ "Proposed Brown Field Expansion of Durgapur Steel Plant" (PDF). Retrieved 9 April 2026.
- ^ "Railway Gazette: Wheel production in Durgapur". Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2010.
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