Question : STEEL PLANTS



(a) the details of steel plants functioning in the country at present, State-wise; and

(b) the profit earned by Vishakhapatnam steel plant during 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 so far?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL (SHRI BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY)

(a) Public and private sector steel plants, State-wise, functioning in the country are as under:

I.	PUBLIC SECTOR STEEL PLANTS
Sl.No. Name of Steel Plant State
1. Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro Jharkhand

2. Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai Chhattisgarh

3. Durgapur Steel Plant, Durgapur West Bengal

4. Alloy Steel Plant, Durgapur West Bengal

5. Indian Iron & Steel Company Ltd.,Burnpur West Bengal 6. Rourkela Steel Plant, Rourkela Orissa

7 Salem Steel Plant, Salem Tamil Nadu

8. Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Plant, Bhadravati Karnataka

9. Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Vishakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh

II. MAIN FUNCTIONING PRIVATE SECTOR STEEL PLANTS
Sl.No. Name of Steel Plant State
1. Tata Iron & Steel Company Ltd., Jamshedpur Jharkhand

2. Usha Martin Ltd., Aditypur Jharkhand

3. Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., Raigarh Chhattisgarh

4. Essar Steel Ltd., Hazira Gujarat

5. Shah Alloys Ltd. Gujarat 6. Ispat Industries Ltd., Raigad Maharashtra

7 Mukand Ltd., Kalve Maharashtra

8. Kalyani Carplenter Ltd., Poona Maharashtra

9. Lloyds Steels Industries Ltd. Maharashtra 10. Sunfalg Iron & Steel Company Ltd. Maharashtra 11. Mahindra Ugine Steel Company Ltd. Maharashtra 12. Jindal Strips Ltd. Haryana 13. Star Wire (India) Ltd. Haryana 14. Modern Steel Ltd. Punjab 15. Upper India Mfg. & Engg. Co. Ltd. Punjab 16. Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd., Bellary Karnataka 17. Hospet Steel Ltd., Hospet Karnataka 18. Southern Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., Salem Tamil Nadu



In addition to the above mentioned private sector steel plants, there are many Electric Arc Furnace and Induction Furnace based steel plants scattered all over the country.

(b) The net profit made by Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant during 2002-03 and 2003-04 (upto 30.9.2003) is Rs. 521 crores and Rs.465 crores, respectively.