Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) is one of the integrated steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited, located in Durgapur, in the eastern Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

. It was set up with the help of the United Kingdom.

Product mix tonnes/annum

: Merchant products 280,000 : Structural 500,000 : Wheels & axles 58,000 : Semis 861,000 : Total saleable steel 2,262,000 Forged wheels specifically are made here; in October 2010, DSP licensed technology from the Ukrainian manufacturer Interpipe which would allow it to make 955mm monobloc wheels.

Location

Durgapur Steel Plant is situated about 158 km from

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

, 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 distric ...

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, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its Bank (geography ...

railway line pass through Durgapur.

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* {{authority control Steel plants of India Steel Authority of India Economy of West Bengal Buildings and structures in Durgapur, West Bengal 1960 establishments in West Bengal