IAS OUR DREAM (IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES)

• 1ST time pig iron was produced in

the 1874 at Burnpur by Bengal
iron wrks,(financial crunch led to
shut down)
• 1st succesful attempt by J.N TATA
(1907)
• At SAKCHI(now Jhamshedpur)
• In TATA Iron and Steel (TISCO),
pig iron produced in 1911 & 1913

• Largest plant in private sector • Vishweswarya Iron n Steel Works

• Enjoys facilties like the Raniganj n • Setup in 1923 at Bhadrawati on
Jharia coal fields jus 60 kms away bank of river BHADRA on Dirur-
• Iron ore frm Gua,Budu Buru,and Shimoga branch of southern
 Natu Buru in Singham district railway
• Limestone n dolomite from • Raw materials avail within the
Gangapur radius 50 km
• Cheap electricity frm DVC • Iron ore frm Kemmangudi mine of
• The industrial area around Kolkata Bababuden hills
serves as a valuable outlet for • Limestone obtained frm dist 20
disposal of finished prod. kms
• Manganese frm Shimoga and
Chittradrug
• Adjacent reserve fulfills the need
of coal

Public sector company

Rourkel Lies south Njoys

a Steel of Kolkata Hirakud
Plant(e Estd with Project
std German
1954) tech(Krupps
Demag)
Bhilai Largest Water
Steel integrated from
Plant steel plant Tandula
in INDIA and
Gandhi
canals
Durgap Water
ur from
Steel Durgapu
Plant r dam

Bokaro Estd in Supply

Plant Bokaro of of coal
Jharkhand from
local
mines n
frm
Jharia
 coalfield

Vijayna Lies near Water

gar Hospet frm
Steel district of Tungabh
Plant Bellari adra
district of dam,
Karnatka Cooking
coal frm
Kanhan
valley
Salem Lies in
Steel Salem dist
Plant of
TamilNadu

Vishak First shore- Receiev

apatna based steel ed iron
m plant in ore frm
INDIA Bailadill
a