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'''Salem Steel Plant (SSP)''', a unit of [[Steel Authority of India|Steel Authority of India Limited]] (SAIL), is a [[Steel mill|steel plant]] involved in the production of [[stainless steel]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Salem Steel Plant {{!}} SAIL|url=https://sail.co.in/special-steel-plants/salem-steel-plant|website=sail.co.in|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> It is located along the Salem — Bangalore [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]] in the foothills of [[Kanjamalai]] in [[Salem district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=PROFILE OF SALEM STEEL PLANT (SSP)|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/23165/7/07_chapter%202.pdf|website=sg.inflibnet.ac.in|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=M|first=Prakash|last2=M|first2=Manickam|year=2014|title=A Salem Steel plant an Overview|url=https://theinternationaljournal.org/ojs/index.php?journal=rjcbs&page=article&op=download&path%5B%5D=2803&path%5B%5D=pdf|journal=Research Journal of Commerce and Behavioural Science|publisher=The International Journal Research Publications|volume=3|pages=8|issn=2251-1547}}</ref> The plant has an installed capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum in its cold rolling mill and 3,64,000 tonnes per annum in the hot rolling mill.<ref name=":0" /> It also has the country's first stainless steel blanking facility.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Dutta|first=Indrani|date=2010-07-12|title=Salem Steel's expansion set to be completed by September|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Salem-Steels-expansion-set-to-be-completed-by-September/article16194342.ece|access-date=2020-05-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | '''Salem Steel Plant (SSP)''', a unit of [[Steel Authority of India|Steel Authority of India Limited]] (SAIL), is a [[Steel mill|steel plant]] involved in the production of [[stainless steel]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Salem Steel Plant {{!}} SAIL|url=https://sail.co.in/special-steel-plants/salem-steel-plant|website=sail.co.in|access-date=2020-05-30}}</ref> It is located along the Salem — Bangalore [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]] in the foothills of [[Kanjamalai]] in [[Salem district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=PROFILE OF SALEM STEEL PLANT (SSP)|url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/23165/7/07_chapter%202.pdf|website=sg.inflibnet.ac.in|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=M|first=Prakash|last2=M|first2=Manickam|year=2014|title=A Salem Steel plant an Overview|url=https://theinternationaljournal.org/ojs/index.php?journal=rjcbs&page=article&op=download&path%5B%5D=2803&path%5B%5D=pdf|journal=Research Journal of Commerce and Behavioural Science|publisher=The International Journal Research Publications|volume=3|pages=8|issn=2251-1547}}</ref> The plant has an installed capacity of 70,000 tonnes per annum in its cold rolling mill and 3,64,000 tonnes per annum in the hot rolling mill.<ref name=":0" /> It also has the country's first stainless steel blanking facility.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Dutta|first=Indrani|date=2010-07-12|title=Salem Steel's expansion set to be completed by September|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/business/Salem-Steels-expansion-set-to-be-completed-by-September/article16194342.ece|access-date=2020-05-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | ||
== History == | |||
On 15 May 1972, the Government of India decided to set up a steel plant at Salem for the production of steel and strips of electrical, stainless and other special and mild steel. The construction started on 13 June 1972, after inauguration by then Minister of Steel and Mines [[Mohan Kumaramangalam]].<ref name=":1" /> The cost of first phase of the project was {{INRConvert|181.19|c|lk=yes}}.<ref name=":1" /> It brought the latest technology in cold rolling to India at the time. The initial production capacity was 32,000 tones per annum (cold rolled stainless steel strips and wide sheets).<ref name=":2" /> | |||
Later on 26 March 1991, the second phase at a cost of {{INRConvert|76.27|c}} was realised, increasing production capacity to 70,000 tones per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> On 24 December 1993, a blanking line was commissioned with a capacity of 3600 tones [[Bar stock|blanks]] per annum.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> This was the first such facility to be established in India.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> | |||
== Production == | |||
=== Production facilities === | |||
The major facilities at the plant include<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> | |||
* Steel Melting Shop | |||
* Cold Rolling Mill Complex | |||
* Hot Rolling Mill Complex | |||
* Stainless Steel Blanking Line | |||
SSP specializes in the production of [[Cold-formed steel|cold rolled stainless steel]] in the form of coils and sheets.<ref name=":2" /> The raw materials are imported and also supplied by [[Durgapur Steel Plant|Alloy Steel Plant]] in [[Durgapur]].<ref name=":1" /> The steel melting shop's annual capacity is 1,80,000 tonnes of slabs per annum. The hot-rolling mill and cold-rolling mill have capacities of 3,64,000 and 66,600 tonnes per annum respectively.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
SSP supplies steel to [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]]-[[Tiruchirappalli|Tiruchirapalli]], [[HMT (company)|HMT]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited]]-[[Bangalore]] and [[Indian Telephone Industries Limited|Indian Telephone Industries]].<ref name=":1" /> Stainless steel is also exported to over more than 37 countries including Spain, UK, Japan, Germany and Switzerland.<ref name=":2" /> Between 1994–95, around 41,500 tonnes to as many as 27 countries.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
== Achievements == | |||
The units of cold rolling mill complex was ISO 9002 certified in April 1993. The hot rolling mill complex received certification two years later. It received ISO 14001 certification, for its pollution free environment, from German RWTÜV in 1999.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Awards === | |||
* SAIL Corporate Award 1994-95{{fact|date=July 2020}} | |||
* Annual Safety Awards at Visakhapatnam – Ispat Suraksha Puraskar award<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Awards & Accolades in 2007-08|url=https://sail.co.in/sites/default/files/sail-pages/company/award2007-08.pdf|website=sail.co.in|access-date=30 May 2020}}</ref> | |||
* Ferrous Division of Indian Institute of Metals – National Sustainability Award 2007<ref name=":4" /> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{Steel industry of India}} | |||
{{Public Sector Undertakings in India}} | |||
[[Category:Economy of Salem, Tamil Nadu]] | |||
[[Category:Steel Authority of India]] | |||
[[Category:Steel plants of India]] | |||
[[Category:Salem, Tamil Nadu]] | |||
[[Category:Economy of Tamil Nadu]] | |||
[[Category:1981 establishments in Tamil Nadu]] | |||
[[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1981]] | |||