Bokaro Steel Plant Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel Plant Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel Plant is located in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet help. It was incorporated as a limited company in the year 1964. It was later merged with the state owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).[1]
[edit] About the Plant

Formerly it was known as Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL). Bokaro Steel Plant is hailed as India's first swadeshi steel plant. Its first blast furnace was started on 2nd October 1972. At present it houses five blast furnaces with total capacity to produce 4.5 MT of liquid steel. The plant is undergoing a mass modernisation drive after which its output capacity is expected to cross 10 MT. The first shop of Bokaro Steel Plant got the ISO 9001 certification way back in 1994, and its SAIL JYOTI branded products enjoy a loyal market. Plant's yearly profit stood at 1,120 crores Indian rupee (INR) for the financial year 2003-04 and has increased every year since then reaching to 8,426 crores INR in the financial year 2007-08.
[edit] Products

Bokaro Steel Plant is designed to produce a wide range of flat products:

    * Hot Rolled Coils
    * Hot Rolled Plhiates
    * Hot Rolled Sheets
    * Cold Rolled Coils
    * Cold Rolled Sheets
    * Tin Mill Black Plates (TMBP)
    * Galvanised Plain and Corrugated (GP/GC) Sheets