Durgapur Steel Plant | |
Foundation: | 1959 |
Location: | Durgapur, West Bengal, India |
Key People: | B P Singh, Director in Charge, Burnpur & Durgapur Steel Plants |
Industry: | Iron and steel |
Products: | Merchant products, structural steel, wheels, axles |
Revenue: | $9.7 billion (2023) |
Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) is one of the integrated steel plants of Steel Authority of India Limited, located in Durgapur, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. It was set up with the help of the United Kingdom.
Merchant products 280,000
Structural 500,000
Wheels & axles 58,000
Semis 861,000
Total saleable steel 2,262,000
Forged wheels are especially made here; in October 2010, DSP licensed technology from the Ukrainian manufacturer Interpipe which would allow it to make 955mm monobloc wheels.[1]
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.