Industry | Steel |
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Founded | 3 February 1959 |
Headquarters | Rourkela, Odisha, India |
Key people | Atanu Bhowmick (Director Incharge) |
Products | Plate mill plates, HR plates, HR coils, ERW pipes, SW pipes, CR sheets and coils, Galvanized sheets, Silicon steel sheets[1] |
Revenue | ₹26,830.57 crores (US$ 3.54 billion)[2] (2021-22) |
Owner | Government of India (Ministry of Steel) |
Number of employees | 19,134 [3] (2011) |
Parent | Steel Authority of India Limited |
Rourkela Steel Plant | |
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Location | Rourkela |
Coordinates | 22°13′15″N 84°51′38″E / 22.220870°N 84.860542°E |
Industry | Iron & Steel |
Owner(s) | SAIL |
Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), is a public sector, integrated steel plant in Rourkela, Odisha state, India. It was established on 3 February 1959 with the help of West German industrial corporations on approximately 19,000 acres of land acquired from tribal inhabitants.[4][5][6][7] The plant is operated by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), a Central PSU.[8]
After the 2010-12 expansion, RSP currently has a production capacity of 4.5 MTPA (Million Tonne per Annum) of Hot Metal, 4.2 MTPA of Crude Steel and 3.9 MTPA of Saleable Steel,[9] employs 19,134 employees as of February 2011[3] and produces a mix of products.[1] The RSP reported an annual revenue of ₹26,830.57 crores (US$ 3.54 billion) and profit before taxes (PBT) of ₹6347.65 crores (US$ 837.53 million) for the financial year 2021–22.[2]