SAIL undertakes expansion of 5 steel plants

SAIL has undertaken modernisation and expansion at five of its steel plants to augment its crude steel production capacity to 21.4 MTPA. The indicative investment for the current phase of expansion is estimated at Rs 61,870 crore. The five integrated steel plants are at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur and Burnpur and a special steel plant at Salem.