Steel Authority of India Limited

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Steel Authority of India Limited
Type PSU (BSE: SAIL) (LSE: SAUD)
Founded 1954
Headquarters India
Key people S. K. Roongta (Chairman)
Industry Steel
Revenue image:green up.png USD 6.4 billion
Employees 131,910 (2006)
Website http://www.sail.co.in

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is the largest steel maker in India. It is a public sector undertaking wholly owned by Government of India and acts like an operating company. Incorporated on January 24, 1973, SAIL has more than 131,910 employees. The company's current chairman is S.K. Roongta. With an annual production of 13.5 million metric tons, SAIL is the 16th largest steel producer in the world.

Major plants owned by SAIL are located at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela, Burnpur (near Asansol) and Salem. SAIL is a public sector company, owned and operated by the Government of India. According to a recent survey, SAIL is one of India's fastest growing Public Sector Units.

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[edit] SAIL Integrated Steel Plants

  1. Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Orissa set up with German collaboration (The first integrated steel plant in the Public Sector in India, 1955)
  2. Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in Chhattisgarh set up with Soviet collaboration (1959)
  3. Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) at Durgapur, West Bengal set up with British collaboration (1965)
  4. Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) in Jharkhand (1965) set up with Soviet collaboration (The Plant is hailed as the country’s first Swadeshi steel plant, built with maximum indigenous content in terms of equipment, material and know-how)
  5. IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) at Burnpur, West Bengal

[edit] Special Steel Plants

  1. Alloy Steels Plants (ASP), Durgapur, West Bengal
  2. Salem Steel Plant (SSP), Tamil Nadu
  3. Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL), at Bhadravathi, Karnataka

[edit] Subsidiaries

  1. Maharashtra Elektro-smelt Limited (MEL) in Maharashtra

[edit] Central Units

  1. Centre for Engineering and Technology
  2. Research and development cetre for iron and steel
  3. Management development Institute
  4. SAIL safety orgnization
  5. Raw materials division
  6. Central Marketing Organization
  7. SAIL consultancy organization[1]

[edit] Achievements

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.sail.co.in/
  2. ^ The Forbes 2000 - Forbes.com

[edit] External links

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