Durgapur Steel Plant is one of the integrated steel plants of
Steel Authority of India Limited
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is a central public sector undertaking based in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 1,03,480 Crore (US$13 billion) for fis ...
, located in
Durgapur
Durgapur () is a planned tier-II urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Be ...
, in the eastern
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
n state of
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
. It was set up with the help of United Kingdom.
Product mix Tonnes/annum
: Merchant Products 280,000
: Structural 207,000
: Skelp 180,000
: Wheels & Axles 58,000
: Semis 861,000
: Total Salable steel 1,586,000
Forged wheels are especially made here; in October 2010, DSP licensed technology from
the Ukrainian manufacturer Interpipe which would allow it to make 955mm monobloc wheels.
Location
DSP is situated about 158 km from
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
, its geographical location is defined as 23° 27' North and 88° 29' East. It is situated on the banks of the
Damodar River in the
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district ...
in the growing industrial city of Durgapur. The Grand Trunk Road and the main Kolkata-
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
railway line pass through Durgapur.
See also
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Steel Authority of India Limited
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is a central public sector undertaking based in New Delhi, India. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Steel, Government of India with an annual turnover of INR 1,03,480 Crore (US$13 billion) for fis ...
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Steel plants of India
Steel Authority of India
Companies based in West Bengal
Buildings and structures in Durgapur, West Bengal
Manufacturing companies established in 1960
1960 establishments in West Bengal