Report on a Steel plant - Blog 9

This blog is about a report on JSW steel plant located in Vijayanagar, Karnataka, India.

It  It was established in the year 1994 and located in the Ballari-Hospete iron ore belt covering up to 10,000-acres. JSW Steel, formerly known as Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd. (JVSL), is a flag ship company of Jindal group of industries. This integrated steel plant at Toranagallu is currently the largest, most modern, and technologically efficient, eco-friendly integrated steel plant in India. JSW Steel, Vijayanagar is currently rated as the sixth best integrated steel plant in the world. It houses India’s widest hot strip mill and one of India’s largest blast furnaces. It is well-connected to both Goa and Chennai ports. 


PRODUCTS:

JSW offers a wide gamut of steel products that include Hot Rolled, Cold Rolled, Billets, Bare & Pre-Painted Galvanised & Galvalume , TMT Rebars, Wire Rods and Special Steel. SW is in collaboration with JFE Steel Corp. Japan, for manufacturing high strength & advanced high strength steel for automobile sector. 
 
                                       
          

                    
                


      APPLICATION IN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY:

India is emerging as the global auto industry’s favourite manufacturing destination, cutting-edge steel products are fuelling its success. Lightweight, cost-effective and fuel-efficient vehicles are the future. JSW Steel have been working hand-in-hand with the auto sector to realize this vision.

                              

SUSTAINABILITY:

It has a low carbon footprint, with 96% of coke oven gas for power generation being recycled. Recognised for its ‘zero-effluent discharge’ status; reuses more than 95 per cent of process waste. To get the best out of waste JSW has slime recovery project along with micropelletisation in order to reduce the solid waste generated.



ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT:

The assessment of environmental impact proposed changes:

•       No increase of pollution emissions in respect of PM10, SO2& NOx. Monitors and regulators to be checked on a regular basis
•       No impact on fresh water consumption from Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers. introduction of several water reuse / recycle technologies to reduce the specific water consumption.
•       No impact on Land environment by planting more tress in the site and surroundings in order to increase the green cover and also to control pollution and air quality of the surrounding regions.
•       No additional requirement of land, water for the project.

ACCIDENTS:

JSW Steel had a sudden release of pressure resulted in a huge sound at the plant. The company added that the plant is safe and issued the clarification after media reports suggested that there was an accident at the steel plant at Vijayanagar works of JSW Steel in December 2014.

Another accident occurred in 2012 when hot iron ore residue from on overhead iron bucket fell on the victims while cleaning a huge bunker of JSW plant. The buckets restrains broke leading to the accident. Union leaders said that the plant lacked proper maintenance over that year causing this accident.

      -Theerthana.✌


REFERENCE:

https://www.jsw.in/steel/vijayanagar-works-overview

Location: India

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