Lok Sabha Question No. 545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-20
Subject: Steel Based Industries
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.545 FOR ANSWER ON 20/07/2022

## STEEL BASED INDUSTRIES

## 545.   DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of STEEL pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of steel based industries in the country, State/UTwise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  volume  of  export  and  import  of  raw  steel  and  steel  products during the last three years;
- (c) the plant-wise details of the estimated volume of raw coal and iron ore required for Government-owned steel plants for each of the next three years;
- (d) whether quantity of domestic production of coal and iron-ore is adequate to fulfill the demand of steel sector and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of the volume of coal and iron supplied against their total demand?

## ANSWER

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL

- (a) The State and Union Territory-wise details of steel plants (steel-based industries only  of  steel  sector)  functioning  in  the  country  during  2021-22  is  attached  at Annexure I .
- (b) The details of import, export of semis and finished steel during last three years are given as follows:

(Quantity in Million Tonne)

|                                                        | Semis                                                  | Semis                                                  | Finished Steel                                         | Finished Steel                                         |
|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                   | Import                                                 | Export                                                 | Import                                                 | Export                                                 |
| 2019-20                                                | 0.40                                                   | 2.83                                                   | 6.77                                                   | 8.36                                                   |
| 2020-21                                                | 0.29                                                   | 6.60                                                   | 4.75                                                   | 10.78                                                  |
| 2021-22                                                | 0.17                                                   | 4.88                                                   | 4.67                                                   | 13.49                                                  |
| Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes | Source: Joint Plant Committee (JPC); mt=million tonnes |

(c) The details of the estimated volume of coal and iron ore required for Governmentowned steel plants for each of the next three years is as below:

## Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL)

## (Qty. In Million Tonne)

| Year    |   Iron Ore |   Coking Coal |
|---------|------------|---------------|
| 2022-23 |      32.88 |         18.57 |
| 2023-24 |      34    |         19.2  |
| 2024-25 |      34.85 |         19.68 |

## Rashtirya Ispat Nigam Ltd.(RINL)

## (Qty. In Million Tonne)

| Year    |   Iron Ore |   Coking Coal |
|---------|------------|---------------|
| 2022-23 |       9.61 |          5.28 |
| 2023-24 |      10.28 |          5.16 |
| 2024-25 |      11.27 |          5.18 |

(d)&(e): The domestic supply of iron ore is sufficient to meet the demand  by steel sector.  Due  to  insufficient  domestic  production  of  coal  (coking  coal)  used  by  steel sector, companies resort to imports. The details of production and import of iron ore and coal (coking coal) to meet the domestic demand for past three years are given in the table below:

## Production and Import of Coking Coal

## ( Quantity in Million Tonne)

| Year                     | Production               | Import                   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| 2019-20                  | 52.93                    | 51.83                    |
| 2020-21                  | 44.78                    | 51.20                    |
| 2021-22                  | 51.15                    | 57.16                    |
| Source: Ministry of Coal | Source: Ministry of Coal | Source: Ministry of Coal |

## Production and Import of iron ore

| Year                                | Production                          | Import                              |
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2019-20                             | 244.08                              | 1.24                                |
| 2020-21                             | 204.48                              | 0.76                                |
| 2021-22                             | 253.97                              | 2.39                                |
| Source: Indian Bureau of Mines, JPC | Source: Indian Bureau of Mines, JPC | Source: Indian Bureau of Mines, JPC |

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## Annexure I

| State and Union Territory- wise number of Crude Steel Units   | State and Union Territory- wise number of Crude Steel Units   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| State                                                         | No. of units                                                  |
| Andhra Pradesh                                                | 20                                                            |
| Arunachal Pradesh                                             | 1                                                             |
| Assam                                                         | 8                                                             |
| Bihar                                                         | 12                                                            |
| Chhattisgarh                                                  | 95                                                            |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli                                        | 14                                                            |
| Daman and Diu                                                 | 3                                                             |
| Delhi                                                         | 2                                                             |
| Goa                                                           | 10                                                            |
| Gujarat                                                       | 75                                                            |
| Haryana                                                       | 15                                                            |
| Himachal Pradesh                                              | 26                                                            |
| Jammu and Kashmir                                             | 8                                                             |
| Jharkhand                                                     | 26                                                            |
| Karnataka                                                     | 26                                                            |
| Kerala                                                        | 27                                                            |
| Madhya Pradesh                                                | 13                                                            |
| Maharashtra                                                   | 62                                                            |
| Meghalaya                                                     | 6                                                             |
| Odisha                                                        | 57                                                            |
| Puducherry                                                    | 10                                                            |
| Punjab                                                        | 117                                                           |
| Rajasthan                                                     | 28                                                            |
| Tamil Nadu                                                    | 88                                                            |
| Telangana                                                     | 27                                                            |
| Tripura                                                       | 1                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                                                 | 39                                                            |
| Uttarakhand                                                   | 40                                                            |
| West Bengal                                                   | 45                                                            |
| Total                                                         | 901                                                           |
| Source: JPC                                                   |                                                               |