AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke (Dillingen, Germany):

Bruckhaus R., Dr. Eng., Head of Steelmaking Plant

Steel Institute VDEh (Düsseldorf, Germany):

Fandrich R., Dr. Eng., Manager Steelworks and Metallurgical Fundamentals, reinhard.fandrich@vdeh.de

Since 2005 the Indian economy has been on a tear as it has been growing by over 8% on average each year. The raw material situation in India and the unique production routes have resulted in remarkable progress in metallurgy, with special technological solutions. That begs the question of whether India will soon increase the production of crude steel as dramatically as China. As part of a study tour in March 2012, members of the Steel Institute VDEh’s steelmaking committee travelled to several major steel plants in order to obtain firsthand insights into the technology that is currently in use in India. The Midrex plant at Essar Ltd. (Dolvi and Hazira), facilities of Tata Steel in Jamshedpur, Corex plant at JSW Steel Ltd. (Toranagallu), Steel Authority of India (SAIL) in Bokaro are observed as well as general statistics of Midrex and Corex plants in India. Analysis of apparent steel use (ASU) development in India in the XXI centure is presented, the growth rate between 2010 and 2015 is expected as large as 9%. The study tour was kicked off with a seminar on metallurgy at Tata Steel and it included field trips to several major steel plants.

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