Lok Sabha Question No. 5932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: SAIL Products
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5932 FOR ANSWER ON 10/04/2017

## SAIL PRODUCTS

5932.  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the various products produced by Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) along with the products supplied to the Railways during the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to boost production capacity of SAIL?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) The  details  of  Crude  Steel  Production  and  various  saleable  steel  products produced by SAIL during last three years and 2016-17 is as under:-

## Crude Steel Production:-

## (Unit: thousand  tonnes)

| Year                  |   Crude Steel Production ('000T) |
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2013-14               |                            13579 |
| 2014-15               |                            13907 |
| 2015-16               |                            14279 |
| 2016-17 (Provisional) |                            14494 |

Production of various saleable steel products by SAIL during last three years and 2016-17 is as under:-

| Year                  |   Long Products |   Flat Products |   Alloy and stainless steel |
|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
| 2013-14               |            4883 |            7762 |                         234 |
| 2014-15               |            4716 |            7862 |                         264 |
| 2015-16               |            5529 |            6616 |                         236 |
| 2016-17 (Provisional) |            5942 |            7707 |                         220 |

Details of products supplied to the Railways during last three years and 201617 is as under:-

|                                                 | UNIT    |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Provisional) |
|-------------------------------------------------|---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| RAILS                                           | Tons    |    642725 |    544142 |    616820 |                  612900 |
| WHEELS                                          | Numbers |     55631 |     55838 |     43426 |                   51561 |
| AXLES                                           | Numbers |      8769 |      9332 |      8425 |                    6227 |
| Long Products (Other than Rails, Wheels, Axles) | Tons    |      5882 |      8042 |      8185 |                    7030 |
| Flat Products                                   | Tons    |     73295 |    123842 |     53638 |                   52262 |

(b) Steel Authority of India Limited has undertaken Modernization & Expansion of its  integrated  steel  plants  at  Bhilai,  Bokaro,  Rourkela,  Durgapur  &  Burnpur  and Special Steel Plant at Salem which envisages increase in its crude steel production capacity from 12.8 Mtpa to 21.4 Mtpa.

Under Modernization and Expansion Plan, SAIL has installed latest state-ofthe-art  rolling  mills  viz.  coupled  Pickling  and  Tandem  mill  for  cold  rolled  products, Universal Rail Mill, Plate Mill, Universal Section Mill, Wire Rod & Bar Mill, Medium Structural Mill etc. having capability for producing various value added products like:-

- Plates/Pipes to meet API (American Petroleum Institute) 100 Grade specifications.
- Universal  Beams/  Heavy  Beams  in  the  sizes  up  to  1100  mm  to  support increasing Infrastructural requirements.
- Rails for Metro-Railways.
- Increased production of Rails and wheels to meet the increasing requirements of Indian Railways.
- Rail welding facility for producing up to 260m long rails.
- Wider Plates upto the size of 4200 mm.
- Auto grade CR Products, Galvanized Coils/Sheets.

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