IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), an integrated steel plant in Burnpur, has the capacity to produce 4.26 lakh tonnes of saleable steel and 2.54 lakh tonnes of pig iron annually. ISP, the erstwhile Indian Iron & Steel Company (IISCO), which was a 100% subsidiary of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been amalgamated with the parent company with effect from 16 February 2006.

ISP produces a large number of steel structurals and special sections as well as pig iron. the plant pioneered the production of centre –sill Z-section used in the fabrication of wagon and Z-type sheet piling section used in construction of barrages, bridge foundations and other projects and colliery arch section used for roof support in collieries. The plant has also developed ‘slit rolling’ for small diameter rounds (10 mm and 12 TMT), which are in high demand in the domestic market.

The plant is set to undego modernisation-cum-capacity expansion though which its hot metal production capacity will be raised to 2.5 MT by 2011-12.

ISP is accredited with ISO 9001:2000 QMS for its Heavy Structural Mill and Merchant & Rod Mill. It has also been awarded ISO 14001:2004 EMS for its entire Rolling Mill Complex.

Location
ISP is situated at Burnpur near Asansol in the Burdwan district of West Bengal.

History
The origin of ISP can be traced to 1874 when James Erskine founded the Bengal Iron Works and set up a plant at Kulti (in West Bengal) to produce pig iron. In 1918, the erstwhile IISCO, promoted by Burn and Company, came into being after changing hands several times. The manufacture of steel at Burnpur started in 1939. By the middle of the 1960s, the plant, under the chairmanship of industrialist Sir Biren Mookerjee, was producing one million tonne a year. On July 4, 1972, the company was taken over by the Government of India. In March 1979, it was made a wholly-owned subsidiary of SAIL.

The erstwhile IISCO was once quoted on the London Stock Exchange, and had the pride of place on the Calcutta Stock Exchange in the early 1960s.

Facilities at Burnpur

Coke Oven
Two coke oven batteries each of height 4.5 m and capacity 18.6 t of dry coal

Blast Furnace
Two blast furnaces each of useful volume 1170 cu m

Steel Melting Shop
1 Twin Hearth Furnace of 2×110 t capacity

Rolling Mills
32 Soaking Pits;
Blooming Mill capacity 0.9 Mtpa
Billet Mill capacity 0.8 Mtpa
Heavy Structural Mill capacity 0.25 Mtpa
Light Structural Mill capacity 0.12 Mtpa
Merchant & Rod Mill capacity 0.15 Mtpa

Facilities

Pollution Control
All environmental parameters like SPM, SOX, NOX, water testing are regularly undertaken to meet the Pollution Control Board norms. The department is equipped with latest testing facilities.

Computer Services
Computerized Integrated Maintenance and Materials Management System (IMMMS) based on CA-OpenIngres RDBMS under HP-UX.
A Sun Solaris network running Oracle RDBMS in Finance department.
Email and internet facilities.

Education
ISP runs 3 Higher Secondary, 1 Secondary and 4 Primary schools providing subsidised education to more than 7000 students. Besides, 1 co-educational English medium CBSE school with 2000+ students is supported by the company.

Health Care
A 500-bedded Central Hospital with facilities like modern OT, ICU, ICCU, Dialysis unit, Dental, isolation ward, blood bank, physiotherapy. Besides, there are Clinics in all townships and Occupational Health Centre in the plants.

Contact Us
IISCO Steel Plant
Mr. Bhaskar Kumar,
Chief of Communications
PR Department,
7, The Ridge, Burnpur
Email: kbhaskar7@rediffmail.com
Tel : 91 - 0341 - 2240343
Fax : 91 - 0341 - 2241506