Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd, also known as Vizag Steel, is a Public steel producer, Based in Visakhapatnam, the Vizag Steel Plant is Started in the 18 February 1982

About the Establishment

Vizag Steel Plant was conferred Navratna status on 17 November 2010.] Founded in 1971, the company focuses on producing value-added steel, with 214,000 tonnes produced in August 2010, out of 252,000 tonnes total of salable steel produced. It is the largest single site plant in India and Asia minor (or south and east Asia

About the Production

Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based steel plant and is situated on 33,000 acres (13,000 ha), and is poised to expand to produce up to 20 MT in a single campus. Turnover in 2011-2012 was Rs 14,457 crores.[citation needed] On 20 May 2009, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched the expansion project of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant from a capacity of 3.6 MT to 6.3 MT at a cost of Rs. 8,692 crores.

But the investment was revised to 14,489 crores with the following classification:
Expenditure for the financial year 2009-10 Rs 1840 crores.
Rs 5883 crores since inception of the project.

Infrastructure :

Coke Ovens and Coal Chemical Plant
Sinter plant
Blast furnace
Calcining and Refractory Material Plant
Steel Melt Shop and Continuous Casting
Light and Medium Merchant Mill
Medium Merchant and Structural Mill
Wire rod mill
Steel melt shop
THERMAL power plant