Question

Name the regions where integrated steel plants are located in India.

Answer 1

Hint: Integrated steel plants refer to plants that do multiple tasks in one place. They convert ore to iron, then to steel, and further on to other semi-finished or finished products. The first integrated steel plant in India was set up by Tata Iron and Steel Co. at Tatanagar and it was followed by Indian Iron and Steel Co. at Asansol.

Complete answer: There are 10 primary integrated steel plants in India as of today. Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) are the public and private sector bodies respectively overlooking this industry. These are the integrated steel plants in the country:
These are the integrated steel plants in the country:
-Tata Iron and Steel Corporation (TISCO), Jharkhand
-Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant, Karnataka
-Bhilai Steel Plant, Chhattisgarh
-Durgapur Steel Plant, West Bengal
-Bokaro Steel Plant, Jharkhand
-Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant, Maharashtra
-IISCO Steel Plant, West Bengal
-Salem Steel Plant, Tamil Nadu
-Vijayanagar Steel Plant, Karnataka
-Kadapa Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh

Note: It must be noted that an integrated steel plant is not the same as a mini steel plant. As the name suggests, an integrated steel plant is larger than Mini Steel Plant. Integrated steel plants use iron ore for making steel, while mini steel plants use basic steel scrap and sponge iron. Mini steel plants produce mild and alloy steel while integrated steel plants produce only steel.