Steel Authority of India has approved a major modernisation and expansion programme for its Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) with an investment Rs.11,262 crore.

The company is planning to double BSP's capacity to 7 million tpa from the current 3.93 million tpa. Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (MECON) will be the consultants for the proposed modernisation and capacity expansion.

SAIL will be installing at BSP a steel melting shop of 4 million tpa capacity, a blast furnace, a coke oven battery and a sinter plant. To enhance its core competency in long products, BSP envisages installing a universal beam mill of 1 million tpa capacity to produce the longest beams of up to 1.1 metre depth and a new universal rail mill of 1.2 million tpa capacity with state-of-art technology will also be installed.

SAIL board has already given an in-principle approval to investment proposals for expanding the crude steel capacity of IISCO steel plant to 2.5 million tpa, besides the 7 million tpa go-ahead to BSP. In addition, Salem Steel Plant’s capacity will be doubled to 350,000 tpa of stainless steel.

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