The Minister of State for Mines, Steel and Labour & Employment, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said that Ministry of Steel has launched a Research & Development Scheme, ‘Promotion of R&D in the Iron & Steel Sector’, in the 11th Five Year Plan, which has been continued in the 12th Five Year Plan. Under this scheme, so far nine R&D projects of national importance have been approved costing Rs.125.20 crore with financial assistance of Rs.89.22 crore from Plan Fund. Details with regard to project cost, implementing agencies and locations are annexed.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said in addition, Ministry of Steel has proposed one new project viz. Development of technology for Cold Rolled Grain Oriented (CRGO) Steel Sheets during the 12 Five Year Plan with total cost of Rs.500 crore.
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ANNEXURE DETAILS OF R&D UNDER PLAN FUND (in Rs. crore) |
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| S.No |
Title of the R&D Project |
R&D Agency/ Location |
Total Cost |
Financial Assistance from Plan Fund |
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1 |
Improvement in sinter productivity through deep beneficiation and agglomeration technologies for rational utilization of low grade iron ores and fines. | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
12.56 |
12.56 |
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2 |
Alternate complementary Route of Iron/steel making with reference to Indian raw material viz low grade iron ore and non coking coal. | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
8.58 |
8.58 |
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3 |
Production of Low Phosphorus Steel Using DRI through Induction Furnace Route adopting innovative Fluxes and/or design (refractory) changes. | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand & National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab |
2.37 |
2.37 |
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4 |
Production of low Phosphorus steel through Induction Furnace route using DRI as major ferruginous raw material – An Industrial Assessment | National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand & National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab |
1.93 |
1.93 |
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5 |
Development of Futuristic Technology for carbon free iron production using alternate reductants like hydrogen with minimum or no Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emission – Smelting reduction of iron ore / fines by hydrogen plasma and elimination of CO2 | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
9.90 |
9.90 |
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6 |
Beneficiation of iron ore slimes from Barsua and other Mines in India | Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel, SAIL, Ranchi, Jharkhand |
27.69 |
14.08
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7 |
Development of pilot scale pelletisation technology for Indian Goethitic/ Hematitic ore with varying degree of fineness | Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel, SAIL, Ranchi, Jharkhand |
41.89 |
22.06 |
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8 |
CO2 abatement in iron and steel production by process optimization | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal |
0.84 |
0.84 |
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9 |
Production of low ash (10% ash) coal (coking non coking) from high ash Indian coals including desulphurisation of high sulphur North East coal | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
19.44 |
16.89 |
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10 |
Development of technology for Cold Rolled Grain Oriented (CRGO) Steel Sheets (Joint Research Project) | · National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand | ||
· Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
· Rastriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
500.00*
150.00*
* Estimated