BHILAI STEEL PLANT (BSP)

 THING TO KNOW..........

Type Public sector

undertaking
Traded as NSE:SAIL
Industy Metallurgical Process
Founded 1955
Headquarters BHILAI(C.G.)
Products Rails,Plates,Structural.
Parents Steel Authority of India
LTD.

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The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located
in Bhilai, in the Indian state of
Chhattisgarh, is India's first and
main producer of steel rails, as well
as a major producer of wide steel
plates and other steel products. The
plant also produces and markets
various chemical by-products from
its coke ovens and coal chemical
plant. It was set up with the help of
the USSR in 1955.

The eleven-time winner of the Prime

Minister's Trophy for best integrated
steel plant in the country, Bhilai
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Steel Plant (BSP), has been India's
sole producer of rails and heavy
steel plates and major producer of
structural steel. The plant is the sole
supplier of the country's longest rail
tracks, which measure 260 metres
(850 ft). The plant also produces
products such as wire rods and
merchant products. Bhilai Steel
Plant has been the flagship
integrated steel plant unit of the
Public Sector steel company, the
Steel Authority of India Limited and
is its largest and most profitable
production facility. It is the flagship
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plant of SAIL, contributing the
largest percentage of profit.

 OUTPUTS:-
Production
Product mix Tonnes/Annum
Semis 533,000
Rail & Heavy 750,000
Structural
Merchant 500,000
Product
Wire Rods 420,000
Plates 950,000
Total Saleable 3,153,000
Steel
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  HISTORY:-
The governments of India and
the USSR entered into an
agreement, signed in New Delhi
on 2 March 1955, for the
establishment of an integrated
iron and steel works at Bhilai with
an initial capacity of one million
tons of steel ingot.

The main consideration for

choosing Bhilai was the
availability of iron ore at Dalli
Rajhara, about 100 km from the
site; limestone from Nandini,
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 about 25 km from the plant, and
dolomite at Hirri, about 140 km
away. The plant was
commissioned with the
inauguration of the first blast
furnace by then president of
India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, on 4
February 1959. The plant was
expanded to 2.5 million tons in
September 1967 and a further
expansion to 4 MT was
completed in 1988. The main
focus in the 4 MT stage was the
continuous casting unit and the
plate mill, a new technology in
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 steel casting and shaping in
India.

 GAS TRAGEDY 2014:-

On June 12, 2014, a gas leak in
Bhilai Steel Plant killed six people,
including two senior officials. Over
50 people were affected by the
accident. A breakdown in a water
pump house caused a leak of the
poisonous gas carbon monoxide,
which infiltrated the premises due
to pressure differences along the
purification chamber lines.[6]

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Among the dead were two deputy
general managers, while the injured
included Central Industrial Security
Force personnel as well as workers
and officials of the public-sector
plant. The leak started at around
6:10 pm IST

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  REFERANCE:-
 UC Browser
 www.Google.co.in
 www.Wikipedia.com

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 INDEX
S.NO. PAGE
TITLE NO.
01 THINGS TO 1
KNOW
02 OUTPUTS 3
03 HISTORY 4
04 GAS 5
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 TRAGEDY
2014
05 REFERANCE 7

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