The India steel industry is one of the major industries in India and the Indian government plays a very important role in the development of the steel industry in India.

The India steel industry is experiencing a slow but steady growth. The
steel industry in India has huge scopes in the future with massive scale
of infrastructural development happening all across the country. The
India steel industry caters to many other industrial sectors such as
construction industry, mining industry, transportation industry,
automobile industry, engineering industry, chemical industry, etc.

The India steel industry has further plans of development. Plans are
being chalked out for setting up of 3 pig iron manufacturing units of a
combined capacity of 6 lakh tons per year and a steel manufacturing unit
of the capacity of producing 1 million tons yearly in West Bengal, with
the technical and financial support of China. With all these
developments, India steel industry is all set to become one of the most
reputed industries not only in India but also in the international market.

1. Durgapur steel plant (DSP) in West Bengal
2. Bhilai steel plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh
3. Bokaro steel plant (BSL) in Jharkhand
4. Rourkela steel plant (RSP) in Orissa
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6. Alloy steels plants (ASP) in West Bengal
7. Visvesvaraya iron and steel plant (VISL) in Karnataka
8. Salem steel plant (SSP) in Tamil Nadu

sheets such as coils and sheets. Flat products are derived from slabs. One of the major uses of steel plates is in ship building.

ropes and piers. These are called long products due to their
shapes. Long products are made from billets and blooms.
Long products are mostly used in housing and construction
and also in rail tracks.