The Minister of
Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that Steel Authority of India Limited
(SAIL) has undertaken modernization and expansion at its five integrated steel
plants at Bhilai, Bokaro,
Rourkela, Durgapur & Burnpur and special plant at
Salem to enhance its crude steel production capacity from 12.8 Million Tonne
Per Annum (Mtpa) to 21.4 Mtpa in the
current phase.
In a written
reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, the indicative investment/expenditure in
respect of SAIL which is likely to be incurred during the current phase of
modernization and expansion is around Rs. 61,870 crore.
Besides, a provision of Rs. 10,264 crore has been
kept towards investment in existing mines under Raw Material Division (RMD) and development in Rowghat
Mine. Similarly, the indicative
investment/expenditure in respect of modernisation and expansion of RINL
(Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) is likely to be around Rs. 12,000 crore.
Shri Verma said, the plant-wise details of present production capacity and
likely enhancement as a result of current modernization and expansion and
investment/expenditure likely to be incurred are given below:
|
Plant
|
Product
|
Existing
Capacity
(Mtpa)
|
Capacity
after Expansion
(Mtpa)
|
Indicative
Investment
(Rs.
in Crore)
|
|
SAIL
|
Bhilai Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
3.93
|
7.0
|
17,266
|
|
Durgapur Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
1.80
|
2.2
|
2,875
|
|
Rourkela Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
1.90
|
4.2
|
11,812
|
|
Bokaro Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
4.36
|
4.61
|
6,325
|
|
IISCO Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
0.50
|
2.50
|
16,408
|
|
Salem Steel Plant
|
Crude Steel
|
0.0
|
0.18
|
1,902
|
|
RINL
|
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant
|
Liquid Steel
|
2.9
|
6.3
|
12,000 (Approx.)
|
At present, no
Joint Venture between SAIL and POSCO is envisaged in Odisha,
the Minister added.
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