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About SAIL

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Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is the leading steel-making company in India. The company is a fully integrated iron and steel maker, producing both basic and special steels for domestic construction, engineering, power, railway, automotive and defence industries and for sale in export markets. They are also among the five Maharatnas of the country`s Central Public Sector Enterprises. The company manufactures and sells a broad range of steel products, including hot and cold rolled sheets and coils, galvanised sheets, electrical sheets, structurals, railway products, plates, bars and rods, stainless steel and other alloy steels. They produce iron and steel at five integrated plants and three special steel plants, located principally in the eastern and central regions of India and situated close to domestic sources of raw materials, including the company`s iron ore, limestone and dolomite mines. The company`s wide range of long and flat steel products are much in demand in the domestic as well as the international market. The company`s International Trade Division ( ITD), in New Delhi- an ISO 9001:2000 accredited unit of CMO, undertakes exports of Mild Steel products and Pig Iron from SAIL`s five integrated steel plants. With technical and managerial expertise and know-how in steel making gained over four decades, the company`s Consultancy Division (SAILCON) at New Delhi offers services and consultancy to clients world-wide. The company has a well-equipped Research and Development Centre for Iron and Steel (RDCIS) at Ranchi which helps to produce quality steel and develop new technologies for the steel industry. Besides, they have their own in-house Centre for Engineering and Technology (CET), Management Training Institute (MTI) and Safety Organisation at Ranchi. The Government of India owns about 86% of the company`s equity and retains voting control of the company. However, SAIL, by virtue of their "Maharatna" status, enjoys significant operational and financial autonomy. Steel Authority of India Ltd was incorporated on January 24, 1973. The Ministry of Steel and Mines drafted a policy statement to evolve a new model for managing industry. The policy statement was presented to the Parliament on December 2, 1972. On this basis the concept of creating a holding company to manage inputs and outputs under one umbrella was mooted. This led to the formation of Steel Authority of India Ltd. The company was made responsible for managing five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur, the Alloy Steel Plant and the Salem Steel Plant. In the year 1974, SAIL International Ltd was incorporated to coordinate the export and import business. In the year 1976, Durgapur Mishra Ispat Ltd, Bhiali Ispat Ltd, and Rourkela Ispat Ltd were formed as fully owned subsidiaries of the company for taking over the running business of Alloy Steels Plants, Bhilai steel Plant and Rourkela Steel Plant. In the year 1978, the company was restructured as an operating company. In the year 1982, the Salem Steel Plant was inaugurated at Salem in Tamil Nadu. The number of technological improvement schemes was undertaken during the year 1985, the most notable thing was the conversion of open-hearth furnace No.10 into twin hearth furnace. A year after, in 1986, all the Phase-I units under the plants` 4 million tonnes expansion programme were commissioned. A vacuum arc-degassing unit was started in the converter shop and a second normalizing furnace in plate mill was added. In the year 1988, Visvesvaraya Irons & Steel Co Ltd became a subsidiary of the company by acquisition of 60% of the shares. Also, Bhilai Steel Plant set up a blast furnace bell-less top charging system. In the year 1990, the company made a modernisation programme to revamp and technologically upgrade the plant. After the modernisation the plant slated for a crude steel capacity of 1.9 million TPA. In the year 1992, the company`s R&D unit at Ranchi was set up with a view to promote continuous improvement in critical performance indices of the steel plant in order to increase productivity, reduce production cost and improve quality by production optimization or by introduction of new technologies. In the year 1993, the company launched the consultancy division with a view to harness the resources and expertise in steel related areas and market engineering, technical, managerial and training services. In the year 1994, two major schemes, namely. new sinter plant III and expansion of oxygen plant II were taken up for implementation. Also, C.O. Battery No. 10 was commissioned during the year. At Rourkela steel plant, five of phase II modernisation packages viz. power distribution, mobile equipment for RMHS, II sizing plant at Satara and Tarkera intake facilities and make-up water pump houses for Tarkera works were commissioned. In the year 1995, the company ventured into setting up a power project at Bhilai by the form joint venture with Larsen & Toubro and CEA, USA Inc. In the year 1997, the modernisation of rail & structural mill (stage 1-phase) was commissioned. In the year 1999, the company made a marketing tie up with Tyazprom export (TPE) of Russia to sell the entire range of castings and pig iron produced by Kulti Works, a division of Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO). In the year 2000, the company signed a MoU with Egypt`s public sector Metallurgical Industries Corporation (Micor) for the establishment of a modern technical and management training centre for the Egyptian steel industry. They launched a new millennium special media campaign to hard sell its wide range of products. The Durgapur Steel Plant of the company commissioned the computerised integrated production planning and control (PPC) system that helps in practically every aspect of plant operation and dispatch. The company, Tata Steel and Kalyani Steels Ltd entered into an agreement for creation of an Internet-based global, independent B2B Steel Market place. During the year 2002-03, the company implemented major projects which includes up gradation of BF-3 with increase in useful volume and installation of INBA Cast House Slag Granulation Plant at BF-3 at DSP, installation of De-scaling Unit before 950 mm Roughing Stand of Rail & Structural Mill of BSP and installation of Combined Blowing Technology in Converter No. 2 at SMS-II of BSL. During the year 2004-05, the company entered into an agreement with GAIL for supply of natural gas for its integrated steel plants. They signed an MoU with KIOCL for joint development of some iron ore mines of the company. They received the prestigious SCOPE Gold Trophy for Excellence and Outstanding Contribution to the Public Sector Management-Institutional category for the year 2004-05. The company bagged, "Business world-FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award - 2006". During the year 2006-07, the company undertook a massive modernization and expansion plan with an indicative cost of over Rs. 40,000 crore to expand capacity of hot metal to over 25 million tonnes from current level of 14.6 million tonnes. They introduced several new products in the domestic market, namely HCR-EQR TMT for earthquake resistant construction, rock bolt TMT for tunnel construction, EN series HR coils for LPG cylinders, MC 12 HR coils for chains etc. In addition, Bhilai Steel Plant developed high strength vanadium rails; Durgapur Steel Plant produced S-profile loco wheels for high-speed locos and Rourkela Steel Plant rolled special plates, which were used, in the indigenously built rocket PSLV C-7. During the year 2007-08, the company in association with Tata Steel Ltd formed a joint venture company to mine coal blocks for securing assured coking coal supply to meet their increasing production needs. During the year 2008-09, the company incorporated new joint venture companies namely "SAIL & MOIL Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd." and "S&T Mining Co Pvt Ltd". They signed a Joint Venture Agreement signed with Govt. of Kerala (GoK) to acquire equity stake in Steel Complex Ltd (SCL), Kozhikode, a Govt. of Kerala Undertaking. Also, they singed an MoU with Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) for proposal for incorporation of a joint venture company for carrying out transportation of imported coking coal & dry bulk shipping trade. During the year, the company signed an MoU with Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) for setting up captive / independent power plants(s) under joint venture using super-critical technology alongwith opportunities to own captive thermal coal blocks. They entered into an MoU with M/s. Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Ltd. (RSMML) - A Govt. of Rajasthan Undertaking, to ensure supply of Low Silica Limestone for a period of 10 years. Also, they entered into an MoU with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), Bangalore - a Ministry of Defence Undertaking for a period of 3 years, for supply of Heavy Earth Moving Equipment. During the year 2009-10, the company added two warehouses and two customer contact offices to their distribution network. With this, the company`s marketing network has expanded to 37 branch sales offices (BSOs), 26 customer contact offices (CCOs) and 67 Warehouses. The company also expanded their dealer network by appointing 700 dealers during the year. In July 28, 2009, Bharat Refractories Ltd was amalgamated with the company with effect from April 1, 2007. After amalgamation, erstwhile BRL, became a unit of SAIL and renamed as SAIL Refractory Unit (SRU). Also, the company acquired the assets of Malvika Steel Limited at Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh during the year. In August 2010, the company started hot trials at Salem Steel Plant (SSP) after expansion. In May 19, 2010, the Government of India accorded the status of "Maharatna" to the company. During the year 2010-11, all major facilities under expansion plan of Salem Steel Plant completed on schedule in September 2010 and are under stabilisation for regular production. In July 2010, Blast Furnace unit 2 at Bokaro Steel Plant was upgraded & commissioned. They completed upgradation of Plate Mill at Bhilai Steel Plant, installation of 700 tonne per day Oxygen Plant & simultaneous blowing of converters in SMS-II at Rourkela Steel Plant, and rebuilding of Coke Oven Battery#10 at IISCO Steel Plant, Burnpur. During the year, Maharashtra Elecktosmelt Ltd (MEL) was amalgamated with the company with effect from April 1, 2010, MEL became a unit of the company and it was renamed as Chandrapur Ferro Alloy Plant. In June 2010, Cabinet Committee onEconomic Affairs (CCEA) approved transfer of Salem Refractory Unit of Burn Standard Company Ltd to the company. In December 2010, the company signed an MoU with RITES and incorporated an joint venture company, SAIL RITES Bengal Wagon Industry Pvt Ltd for undertaking a feasibility study for setting up the Wagon Manufacturing Factory. The work on the newly incorporated joint venture company between SAIL and RITES has already commenced. In February 13, 2011, the company formally acquired 50% of the shares held by the Government of Kerala (GoK) in Steel Complex Limited (SCL), Kozhikode and taken over the operations of SCL. In 2012, With an aim to provide impetus to its massive modernisation programme, the company which is a fully integrated iron and steel maker, producing both basic and special steels for domestic and for sale in export markets has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Swiss based company ABB which deals in robotics and automation technologies for the purpose of offering technical training to more than 4,000 of its employees during a period of 24 months. The company also signed a 50:50 joint venture agreement with Burn Standard Company Limited (BSCL) at Kolkata for setting up a Wagon Components Manufacturing Facility at the premises of BSCL at Jellingham, Purba Medinipore district, in West Bengal, with a capacity to produce 10,000 bogies and 10,000 couplers per annum. The company was also conferred with ,MoU Excellence Award? for the year 2010-11 for the 9th consecutive year. In 2013, the company won PSE Excellence Award-2013 for CSR & Sustainability and SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant bags the National Energy Conservation Award 2013. In 2014, ICVL acquires Rio Tintos 2.6 Billion Tonnes coal resource in Mozambique. AIL awarded Good Corporate Citizen Award 2014 by PHD Chamber. The companie`s Bhilai Steel Plant wins National Energy Conservation Award 2014. A New Sinter Plant and Coke Oven Battery at Bhilai was inaugurated during the year. In 2015, the company has completed the current phase of the modernisation and expansion of the Bokaro Steel Plant with an investment of Rs 6,325 crore. The company also signed MOU with M/s. ArcelorMittal for Auto Body Steel Production. The company also has set up a steel processing unit at Billowa in Madhya Pradesh under partnership between SAIL and Prime Gold Pvt Ltd. The company has won an export contract to supply rails for modernisation and major expansion of railway network in Iran. SAIL`s Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), also has set up power generation unit during the year under review.