PLANT IRON ORE COAL HEP/WATER REMARKS

HAEMATITE
Calcutta port NHS,
Gurumahisani
Subarnrekha River NH6
TISCO (Orissa) Noamundi Jharia,(Jhark)
Kharkai River Manganese : Joda
(Jharkhand) Raniganj(WB)
mines
Singhbhum

IISCO
3 Plants in WB now Guna (Jharkhand), Barakar river , (Damoder
Jharia Calcutta port, NH2
merged connected via Singhbhum River)
karntaka Asansol rail

Kemmangundi Sharavati power

VISW Mangalore port Manganese : shimoga and
(Chikmaglur, (jog falls),
Bababudan hills NH4 chitradurga
Karnataka) Bhadravati river

Korba Thermal
Daili Rajhara Korba Calcutta-Nagpur
BHILAI (Ussr) power plant,
(Haematite) Kargali Rail, NH6
Mahanadi Basin

ROURKELA Sundargarh, Jharia Hirukud HEP, Calcutta-Nagpur

Germany Keonjhar Talchar Sankh-south koal river Rail, NH6

Calcutta port,
DamodarValleyCorp
DURGAPUR Jharia, Calcutta
Mayurbhanj Durgapur barrage in
WB Ranigan Asansol Rail,
Damodar river
NH2

SALEM Puducherry
Exports 2 usa
Low sulphur and Local Mettur dam hydro elect Coimbatore by NHs
Mexico aus
phosphorus export stainless steel
VIZAG
Bailadila Imported + Plans : to use natural gas Second largest
1st shore based integrated
(Chattisgarh) Damodar from KG basin producer, NH5
steel plant

VIJAYNAGAR
Nearby Sringereni in AP Tungabhadra dam Hydro E
karnataka

Largest I&S plant,

BOKARO Kiriburu (Orissa) DamodarValleyCorp, Calcutta port
Jharia
ussr (Keonjhar) Bokaro & Damodar rivers connected through
NH2

Facts about Iron and Steel :

 Pig Iron : more than 2% Carbon
 Steel : less than 2% Carbon
 Stainless Steel : It is a composition 72% of iron (Fe), 17-19% of Chromium and 7-9% of nickel with carbon (C), silicon (Si) and
manganese (Mn).
 India 2nd Largest Producer of steel and the 3rd largest finished steel consumer in the world after China & USA.
 News : The Government of India is extending the duty and tax exemption on exported products (RoDTEP) scheme on steel from
December 15, 2022.