1. Sub Topic – Iron & Steel By- Mali B.B.
Rayat Shikhan Sanstha’s S.M. Joshi College, Hadapsar, Pune-28 Sub- Geography of India
Sub Topic – Iron & Steel
By- Mali B.B.

2. Iron & Steel

3. Indian Scenario
5th largest producer of crude steel in the world and is expected to become the 2nd largest producer by
World's largest producer of direct reduced iron (DRI) or sponge iron
Per capita steel consumption is 47 kg against world average 190 kg
Domestic steel consumption at million tonne registering an increase of 8.0 per cent ( )
222 MoUs have been signed with various States for planned capacity of around 276 million tonne
Investment plans in states like Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra

4. Iron & Steel Industry in West Bengal
India’s first Iron & Steel Industry set up at Kulti, Bardhaman in 1870
Proximity to rich iron ore & coal reserves in the neighbouring states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa
Accounts for about 10% of India’s total steel capacity
2 integrated steel plants, 1 alloy steel plant , large numbers of pig iron plants, sponge iron units and secondary steel mills located in the state
10 steel plants ( investment of Rs crore ) proposed to be set up
Massive expansion plan of existing public sector steel plants

5. Iron & Steel Industry in West Bengal
In the period , 494 new Iron and Steel units were set up with a total investment of Rs crore
34 new Iron & Steel Units were set up with investment to the tune of Rs crore in 2010
Production of finished steel increased to 2686 thousand tonnes in from 1994 thousand tonnes in
Production of semi finished steel increased to thousand tonnes in from 1759 thousand tonnes in
In the year production of
Crude steel thousand tonnes
Pig Iron – 909 thousand tonnes
Sponge Iron – 1490 thousand tonnes

6. Products & Services Offered
Sponge iron and mild steel plants
Iron pipes
Cold rolled closed annealed coil sheets
Precision tubes
Galvanized sheets
High speed steel rolls
Forged rolls
Metal containers and caps
MS plated for ships
Cast Iron
Pump Shafts
Couplings
Plates
Street Furniture
SS Bars
TMT Bars
Rails
Fly Wheels
P&O Sheets
Kitchen appliances

7. Key Players Steel Authority of India (SAIL)
- Durgapur Steel Plant(DSP)
Alloy Steel Plant
IISCO Steel Plant
Adhunik Corpn. Ltd
Electrosteel Casting Ltd
Gontermann Peipers
Shyam Steel Industries Ltd.
Jai Balaji Industries Limited
JSW Bengal Steel
Vesuvius India Ltd