Steel Authority of India Limited

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) (NSE: SAIL, LSE: SAUD) is one of the largest state-owned steel makers in India and one of the top steel makers in World. With a turnover of 48,681 crore (US$9.71 billion), the company is among the top five highest profit earning corporates of the country. It is a public sector undertaking which trades publicly in the market is largely owned by Government of India and acts like an operating company. Incorporated on January 24, 1973, SAIL has more than 1 lakh employees.During 2010-11,the manpower of SAIL reached a level of 110794 (as on 31.3.2011) from 116950 (as on 1.4.2010) The company's current chairman is C.S Verma. With an annual production of 13.5 million metric tons, SAIL is the 14th largest steel producer in the world. Major plants owned by SAIL are located at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela, Burnpur (near Asansol) and Salem. SAIL is a public sector company, owned and operated by the Government of India. According to a recent survey, SAIL is one of India's fastest growing Public Sector Units.Besides, it has R&D centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), Management Training Institute (MTI) and SAIL Safety Organization (SSO) located at Ranchi capital of Jharkhand.

History:1959-1973:SAIL traces its origin to the Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) which was set up on January 19, 1954. HSL was initially designed to manage only one plant that was coming up at Rourkela. For Bhilai and Durgapur Steel Plants, the preliminary work was done by the Iron and Steel Ministry. From April 1957, the supervision and control of these two steel plants were also transferred to Hindustan Steel. The registered office was originally in New Delhi. It moved to Calcutta in July 1956, and ultimately to Ranchi in December 1959. A new steel company, Bokaro Steel Limited (Bokaro Steel Plant), was incorporated in January 1964 to construct and operate the steel plant at Bokaro. The 1 MT phases of Bhilai and Rourkela Steel Plants were completed by the end of December 1961. The 1 MT phase of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in January 1962 after commissioning of the Wheel and Axle plant. The crude steel production of HSL went up from 1.58 MT (195960) to 1.6 MT. The second phase of Bhilai Steel Plant was completed in September 1967 after commissioning of the Wire Rod Mill. The last unit of the 1.8 MT phase of Rourkela - the Tandem Mill - was commissioned in February 1968, and the 1.6 MT stage of Durgapur Steel Plant was completed in August 1969 after commissioning of the Furnace in SMS. Thus, with the completion of the 2.5 MT stage at Bhilai, 1.8 MT at Rourkela and 1.6 MT at Durgapur, the total crude steel production capacity of HSL was raised to 3.7 MT in 1968-69 and subsequently to 4MT in 1972-73.

1973-present:The Ministry of Steel and Mines drafted a policy statement to evolve a new model for managing industry. The policy statement was presented to the Parliament on December 2, 1972. On this basis the concept of creating a holding company to manage inputs and outputs under one umbrella was mooted. This led to the formation of Steel Authority of India Ltd. The company, incorporated on January 24, 1973 with an authorized capital of Rs. 2000 crore, was made responsible for managing five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, the Alloy Steel Plant and the Salem Steel Plant. In 1978 SAIL was restructured as an operating company.

Major Units:SAIL Integrated Steel Plants:1. Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Orissa set up with German collaboration (The first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector in India, 1959) 2. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh set up with Soviet collaboration (1959) 3. Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur, West Bengal set up with British collaboration (1965) 4. Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) in Jharkhand (1965) set up with Soviet collaboration (The Plant is hailed as the countrys first Swadeshi steel plant, built with maximum indigenous content in terms of equipment, material and know-how) 5. IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur, West Bengal

Special Steel Plants:1. 2. 3. 4. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Alloy Steels Plants (ASP), Durgapur, West Bengal Salem Steel Plant (SSP), Tamil Nadu Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL), at Bhadravathi, Karnataka

Subsidiaries:1. Maharashtra Elektro-smelt Limited (MEL) in Maharashtra

Central Units:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Centre for Engineering and Technology Research and development centre for iron and steel Management Training Institute SAIL safety organization Raw materials division Central Marketing Organization SAIL consultancy organization.

Joint Ventures:NTPC SAIL Power Company Limited (NSPCL):-

A 50:50 joint venture between Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC Ltd.); manages the captive power plants at Rourkela, Durgapur and Bhilai with a combined capacity of 314 megawatts (MW). It has installed additional capacity by implementation of 500 MW (2 x 250 MW Units) power plant at Bhilai. The commercial generation of 1st Unit has commenced in April2009 and the 2nd Unit in October 2009
SAIL-Bansal Service Center Ltd:-

SAIL has formed a joint venture with BMW industries Ltd. on 40:60 basis to promote a service centre at Bokaro with the objective of adding value to steel.
Bhilai JP Cement Ltd:-

SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to set up a 2.2 MT slag based cement plant at Bhilai. The company shall commence cement production at Bhilai by March'2010, whereas clinker production at Satna shall start within 2009.
Bokaro JP Cement Ltd:-

SAIL has incorporated another joint venture company with M/s Jaiprakash Associates Ltd to set up a 2.1 MT cement plant at Bokaro utilizing slag from BSL. The project implementation is under progress with commencement of cement production likely by July2011.
SAIL&MOIL Ferro Alloys (Pvt.) Limited:-

SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with Manganese Ore (India) Ltd on 50:50 basis to produce ferro-manganese and silico-manganese required for production of steel..
S&T Mining Company Pvt. Ltd:-

SAIL has incorporated a joint venture company with TATA Steel for joint acquisition & development of coal blocks/mines. New indigenous opportunities for coking coal development are being explored by the Joint Venture company for securing coking coal supplies.
International Coal Ventures Private Limited:-

Towards achieving the target of making steel PSUs self reliant in the area of coking coal, a joint venture company has been incorporated composed of five central PSU companies i.e. SAIL, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Coal India Limited and other target countries.

Ownership and Management:The Government of India owns about 86% of SAIL's equity and retains voting control of the Company. However, SAIL, by virtue of its Maharatna status, enjoys significant operational and financial autonomy

Achievements:

SAIL was featured in the 2008 list of Forbes Global 2000 companies at position 647. Golden Peacock Award for Combating Climate Change 2008 for BSP, Occupational Health and Safety 2008 for BSL

Of the 33 Prime Minister's Shram Awards announced for 2010 by the Ministry of Labour, Government of India,17 of which went to PSUs, SAIL employees bagged 11 awards. Of the total number of 76 awardees for the year, 45 belong to SAIL - a remarkable distinction for any organisation. Maharatna SAIL has received the prestigious Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2011. The award, in recognition of SAIL's initiatives and achievements in the field of environment management, was presented by Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri P. Chidambaram on 24th June, 2011