Steel Authority of India Ltd

Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) is a Company registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956 and is an enterprise of the Government of India. It operates and manages five integrated steel plants at Bhilai (Chhatisgarh), Bokaro (Jharkhand), Durgapur (West Bengal), Rourkela (Orissa) and the Indian Iron and Steel Company Limited at Burnpur (West Bengal), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of SAIL.

SAIL also has four Special and Alloy Steels and Ferro alloys units at Durgapur (West Bengal), Salem (Tamil Nadu), Chandrapur (Maharashtra) and Bhadravati (Karnataka). SAIL also has seven central units viz. the Research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel (RDCIS), the Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), the Management Training Institute (MTI) all located at Ranchi, Central Coal Supply Organisation located at Dhanbad, Raw Materials Division, Growth Division and Environment Management Division all located at Calcutta. SAIL Consultancy Division (SAILCON) functions from New Delhi. The marketing of products of SAIL plants is done through the Central Marketing Organisation (CMO), Calcutta, which has a countrywide distribution network. 

As part of the business restructuring plan two separate subsidiary companies were incorporated under the name of SAIL Power Supply Company Limited (SPSCL) and Bhilai Oxygen Limited (BOL) on 8th and 9th February, 1999 respectively.

Visit SAIL at www.sail.co.in

Back to Top

Tata Iron & Steel Company Ltd.

The Tata Iron and Steel Company Ltd. (TISCO) was established in 1907 by its founder, J N Tata in Jamshedpur, Bihar (now Jharkhand). The first ingots were rolled in TISCO in 1911. Asia’s first and India’s largest private sector integrated steel company, Tata Steel at the dawn of the new millennium, aims to become the supplier of choice by delighting its customers with its services and products.

The company's on-going modernization programmes have enabled it to become one of the most modern steel making facilities in the world. The highly productive blast furnaces along with the LD Converters and its downstream continuous casting facilities provide a distinct edge that will enable Tata Steel to achieve its vision of becoming the world's lowest cost producer of steel. The coke ovens with stamp charging technology has helped the steel company to make blast furnace grade coke at the lowest cost in the world and drastically reduce wastage and also emission of pollutants. Tata Steel commissioned its 1.2 million Cold Rolling Mill Complex at 'Record Speed and Cost' in April 2000.

Visit TISCO at www.tatasteel.com

Back to Top

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd

Popularly known as Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) is the first shore based integrated steel plant located at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. The plant was commissioned in August 1992 with a capacity to produce 3 million tonnes per annum of liquid steel. The Plant has been built to match international standards in design and engineering with the state-of-the art technology, incorporating extensive energy saving and pollution control measures. VSP has an excellent layout, which can be expanded to over 10 mtpa capacity. Since its commissioning, within a short period of time, the plant achieved high levels of performance in production and technological norms. VSP has emerged as a good corporate citizen and has contributed its mite for the development of the region. Right from the year of its integrated operation, VSP established its presence both in the domestic and international markets with its superior quality of products. The plant has been awarded a certificate of ISO 9002, covering all the processes.

Back to Top

Indian Railways

The Indian Railways are major consumers of steel and is member of JPC in this capacity itself. There are two types of consumption : direct consumption where steel is purchased directly by the Railways and indirect consumption through use of steel items / products as stores.

The Indian Railways purchase steel to manufacture and maintenance of rolling stocks such as locomotives, wagons and coaches, and / or for the purpose of undertaking construction activities including construction of bridges, laying of new tracks, renewal of tracks, gauge conversion etc. Railways also buy a large variety of equipment, components and spares for operational and maintenance purposes. It is actually the manufactures of such items who buy steel, but demand is induced by the Railways.

Larger the demand for steel items, the larger is the demand for steel by the units manufacturing such items, Demand for steely by the Railways, direct as well as indirect, originates not only from expansion and modernization, but also from operation and maintenance of the railway network. Needless to say, the larger the size of the Railways, the larger is the demand for Steel / Steel products. Further, there is direct association between growth of Railways and demand for steel in the Railways. It may be mentioned that India has the second largest railway network in the world.

Visit Indian Railways at www.indianrail.gov.in

Back to Top