Bokaro Steel Plant (Bokaro Steel City)

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Biggest Steel plant in Asia. Formerly it was known as Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL). Bokaro Steel Plant is hailed as India's first swadeshi steel plant. Its first blast furnace was started on 2nd October 1972. At present it houses five blast furnaces with total capacity to produce 4.5 MT of liquid steel. The plant is undergoing a mass modernisation drive after which its output capacity is expected to cross 10 MT. The first shop of Bokaro Steel Plant got the ISO 9001 certification way back in 1994, and its SAIL JYOTI branded products enjoy a loyal market. Plant's yearly profit stood at 1,120 crores Indian rupee (INR) for the financial year 2003-04 and has increased every year since then reaching to 8,426 crores INR in the financial year 2007-08. Now after Modernisation, it will produce 7.5 ml/t steel per annum apart from a new JV greenfield steel plant with POSCO.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokaro_Steel_Plant
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Coordinates:   23°40'48"N   86°6'18"E

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  • NICE CITY IN BOKARO
  • BOKARO IS THE GOLDEN CITY OF INDIA.
  • i love bokaro not becoz it iz my birth place ....... but becoz of the peace of mind i feel at bokaro nd cleanliness here instead of the huge steel plant
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