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.

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Bhilai Steel Plant township 1

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instanceOf integrated steel plant
public sector undertaking
commercialProductionStart 1959
constructedWithAssistanceFrom Soviet Union NERFINISHED
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
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
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
long rails
merchant products
structural steel
wire rods
regionServed India
role key producer of rails in India
major contributor to infrastructure development in India
sector public sector
suppliesTo Indian Railways NERFINISHED

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Bhilai hasLandmark Bhilai Steel Plant
this entity surface form: Bhilai Steel Plant township
Bhilai knownFor Bhilai Steel Plant