Bhilai is India's sole supplier of rails to Indian Railways, with 3.153 MT of saleable steel

Background

Bhilai Steel Plant stands in Durg district of Chhattisgarh and is the plant most often asked about in the State Focus. The district administration records its annual production capacity as 3.153 MT of saleable steel. The plant is described as India's sole producer and supplier of world class rails for Indian Railways, including rails 260 metres long. Its product list runs from wire rods and merchant products to TMT bars, heavy structurals such as channels and beams, and wide and heavy steel plates. It has won the Prime Minister's Trophy for Best Integrated Steel Plant eleven times, and took first prize in the Integrated Steel Sector of the National Energy Conservation Award 2013.