5. Raurkela Iron and Steel Plant (Hindustan Steel Limited)

The Raurkela Steel Plant is located in the Sundargarh District of Odisha along the Kolkata Nagpur railway line. It was built with the technical co operation from

the German firm, Krupps and Demang in 1959. The plant obtains its iron-ore from Mayurbhanj; coal from Bokaro, Jharia, Talcher, and Korba; manganese from Sundargarh; water from the Sankha and Koel rivers (tributaries of Brahmani); and hydro-power from the Hirakud Dam. Cheap labour is available from the Jharkhand and densely populated Bihar state.

It specialises in the production of flat products. The main products of this steel plant are cold-rolled-sheets, hot-rolled-sheets, galvanised sheets and electrical steel plates. The plant also releases large quantity of nitrogen as by-product of fertilisers and various chemicals like anthracite-oil, benzole, crude-anthracite, crude-phenol, naphtha, naphthalene, and wash-oil.