Bhilai Steel Plant
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Bhilai Steel Plant is one of India’s largest and oldest integrated steel plants, renowned for producing rails and heavy steel plates and playing a key role in the country’s industrial development.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bhilai Steel Plant township | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
integrated steel plant
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public sector undertaking ⓘ |
| commercialProductionStart | 1959 ⓘ |
| constructedWithAssistanceFrom |
Soviet Union
NERFINISHED
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USSR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coordinatesApprox | 21.21°N 81.38°E ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| designedCapacity | over 4 million tonnes of crude steel per year ⓘ |
| employmentType | large industrial employer in Chhattisgarh ⓘ |
| formerLocationState | Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
blast furnaces
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coke ovens ⓘ plate mill ⓘ rail and structural mill ⓘ sinter plant ⓘ steel melting shop ⓘ wire rod mill ⓘ |
| hasTownship | Bhilai Township NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
one of the first major integrated steel plants set up in independent India
ⓘ
symbol of Indo-Soviet industrial cooperation ⓘ |
| inception | 1955 ⓘ |
| industry | steel industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chhattisgarh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Durg district NERFINISHED ⓘ India ⓘ |
| location | Bhilai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contribution to India’s industrial development
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production of heavy steel plates ⓘ production of long welded rails for Indian Railways ⓘ |
| operator |
SAIL
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steel Authority of India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Steel Authority of India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Steel Authority of India Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryProducts |
heavy steel plates
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long rails ⓘ merchant products ⓘ structural steel ⓘ wire rods ⓘ |
| regionServed | India ⓘ |
| role |
key producer of rails in India
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major contributor to infrastructure development in India ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| suppliesTo | Indian Railways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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