- Bokaro Steel Plant
Bokaro Steel Plant is located in the
Bokaro district ofJharkhand . It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant inIndia built withSoviet 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). [ [http://www.sail.co.in/ Steel Authority Of India Limited ] ]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 croresIndian Rupee (INR) for thefinancial year 2003-04 and has increased every year since then.Products
Bokaro Steel Plant is designed to produce a wide range of flat products:
* Hot Rolled Coils
* Hot Rolled Plates
* Hot Rolled Sheets
* Cold Rolled Coils
* Cold Rolled Sheets
* Tin Mill Black Plates (TMBP)
* Galvanised Plain and Corrugated (GP/GC) SheetsReferences
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