Durgapur Steel Plant

Durgapur Steel Plant is the largest industrial unit in West Bengal.Established in the late 1950s with assistance from the United Kingdom, DSP commenced operations in 1959. ==Location==

Durgapur Steel Plant is situated about 158 km from Kolkata, its geographical location is defined as 23° 27' North and 88° 29' East. It is situated on the banks of the Damodar River in the Paschim Bardhaman district in the growing industrial city of Durgapur. The Grand Trunk Road and the main Kolkata-Delhi railway line pass through Durgapur. == Infrastructure and Facilities==

DSP is a fully integrated steel production setup, encompassing: (1) Raw Material Handling; (2) Ironmaking with advanced blast furnaces;(3) Steelmaking with basic oxygen furnaces and continuous casters; (4) Rolling Mills: Including medium structural mills, wire rod mills, and merchant mills, shaping steel into various forms;(5) Wheel & Axle Plant: Specialized facility for manufacturing forged railway wheels and axles. ==Modernisation and Expansion==

Durgapur Steel Plant was setup in 1959 for a production of 1 million tonnes of crude steel annually. It was modernised in 1988-89 and its capacity to produce crude steel was raised to 1.8 million tonnes annually. Subsequently DSP produces 2.2 million tonnes of steel after two rounds of modernisation. == Product mix tonnes/annum ==

: Merchant products 280,000 : Structural 500,000 : Wheels & axles 58,000 : Semis 861,000 : Total saleable steel 2,262,000 Forged wheels specifically are made here; in October 2010, DSP licensed technology from Ukrainian manufacturer Interpipe which would allow it to make 955mm monobloc wheels. ==References==