Sundergarh secondary steel cluster

Introduction

The Sundergarh district of Odisha has a large cluster of secondary steel industrial units, most of which are situated in the industrial estates of Rourkela, Kalunga, Mandiakudar, Rajganjpur, and Sundergarh. There are about 87 registered secondary steel units operating in the cluster, of which about 40 are ‘composite’ units having multiple process steps integrated within the same plant, while the remaining 47 are ‘stand-alone’ units having a single process step. The units comprise pellet plants, direct reduced iron (DRI) industries, mini blast furnace (MBF) units, steel melting plants using electric induction furnaces (EIF), steel rerolling mills (SRRM), and ferro alloy industries. About 52 units have energy consumption levels of 20,000 tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) and above and are categorized as Designated Consumers (DCs) under the PAT scheme of BEE.

Product Manufacturers

Pig iron, DRI (sponge iron), steel billets and ingots, a wide range of rolled steel products, ferro alloys

Number of MSMEs

Main fuels

Coal, electricity, furnace oil (FO), coke

Energy consumption

High

Total Energy consumption

1.86 million toe (Mtoe)/year (coal, FO, coke— 1.73 Mtoe; electricity—0.13 Mtoe)

Leading industry association(s)

Orissa Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association (OSIMA)
Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Rourkela https://www.rcci.in/
Utkal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Limited (UCCIL), Bhubaneshwar http://www.utkalchamber.in/

Cluster Profile

Cluster Profile report - Sundergarh sec steel cluster.pdf

Other Resources

Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association http://www.spongeironindia.com/
District Industries Centre, Sundergarh https://sundargarh.odisha.gov.in/departments/industries-and-handicrafts
MSME Development & Facilitation Office, Cuttack
National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Rourkela

Source: Data pertains to 2023-24, collected by TERI under a research exercise supported by the SED Fund.