MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL (SHRI A. SAI PRATHAP)
(a)&(b): As per provisional data released by World Steel Association (WSA) given below,
India was the fifth largest producer of crude steel during January -June 2010:-
Crude steel production: January - June
Country Production (in million tonnes)
China 323.0
Japan 54.6
USA 41.0
Russia 32.6
India 32.5
Source: World Steel Association and Joint Plant Committee; = Provisional
(c)&(d): As per the latest estimates, the crude steel capacity in the country is likely to reach 120 million
tonnes by 2012 from 72.9 million tonnes in the 2009-10. However, a relative position in the world scenario
would depend upon the prevailing conditions in other stee! producing and consuming countries, which is not
possible to forecast.
(e) In today`s de-regulated, open market economy, the role of Government is that of a facilitator and in that
capacity, it promotes/encourages growth of steel industry through suitable policy measures. Both the public
sector Steel companies namely Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) are
in the process of expanding their crude steel capacities.
SAIL envisages increasing its crude steel production from existing 12.84 million tonnes to 21.40
million tonnes per annum in Phase-I to be completed by 2012-13 at an approximate estimated cost
of Rs.70,000 crore including cost of mine development.
RINL is expanding its existing capacity of 2.9 million tonnes of crude steel production to 6.3 million
tonnes per annum to be completed by December, 2011 at an estimated cost of Rs. 12,228 crore.
Another public sector company, namely NMDC Ltd., is to set up a 3 million tonnes per annum integrated steel
plant at Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh at an estimated investment of Rs.15,525 crore. The Plant is likely to be
commissioned in 2014.
