PROFILE

The Indsil Group has a key presence in the ferro chrome and low carbon silico manganese
industries.
Both products are important ingredients in Stainless Steel making.
Indsil runs a 75,000 tpy ferro chrome smelter in the Sultanate of Oman along with captive
chrome mine resources.
Indsils capacity for low carbon silico manganese is 45,000 tpy located across 3 smelters
within India.
The group also runs 2 captive power plants viz., a 21 MW hydro power plant in Rajakkad,
Idukki Dist., Kerala and a 12 MW Coal fired plant in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

MISSION STATEMENT

Add economic value by creating an organisation capable of meeting every customer

requirement in terms of quality, reliability and competitiveness. Maintain focus on
economics value addition through continuous improvement of quality of products, process
and service.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND PARTNERS

SMELTERS

SOHAR FERRO CHROM SMELTER 75,000

TPY HC FECR

PALAKKAD SMELTER 14,000 TPY LC SIMN

RAIPUR SMELTER 19,200 TPY LC SIMN

VIZIANAGARAM SMELTER 7,200 TPY FESI

FACTORY AND CAPACITY

AL-TAMMAN INDSIL FERRO CHROME LLC (SOHAR FREEZONE, SULTANATE OF
OMAN)

75,000 TPY FERRO CHROME SMELTER

INDSIL HYDRO POWER AND MANGANESE LTD (PALAKKAD, KERALA, INDIA)

21MW HYDRO CAPTIVE POWER PLANT

14,000 TPY ULC SIMN, LC SIMN, MC SIMN SMELTER

INDSIL ENERGY AND ELECTROCHEMICALS PVT LTD (RAIPUR,

CHHATTISGARH, INDIA)

12MW TPP
19,200 TPY LC SIMN, MC SIMN, HC SIMN SMELTER

SREE MAHALAKSHMI SMELTERS PVT LTD (GARBHAM, ANDHRA PRADESH,

INDIA)

7,200 TPY FERRO SILICON SMELTER

PRODUCTS AND SPECIFICATION

PRODUCTS

CR

MN

SI

AL

SIZE

ULTRA LOW CARBON

60%

28%

0.05-

0.10%

0.02%

10-50mm

MIN

MIN

0.06

MAX

MAX

(90% MIN)

55-

28%

0.1%

0.10%

0.02%

10-50mm

60%

MIN

MAX

MAX

MAX

(90% MIN)

70-

1.2%

0.15%

0.05%

0.05%

10-80mm

72%

MAX

MAX

MAX

MAX

(90% MIN)

4%

8%

0.03%

0.05%

10-100mm

MAX

MAX

MAX

(90% MIN)

8%

0.03%

0.05%

10-100mm

MAX

MAX

MAX

(90% MIN)

SILICO MANGANESE

LOW CARBON SILICO

MANGANESE

FERRO SILICON

FERRO CHROME

57-

60%

FERRO CHROME

5457%

MAX

4%
MAX

ULTRA LOW CARBON SILICO MANGANESE

Low carbon and ultra-low carbon silico manganese improve the productivity in the manufacture of
stainless steel and special steel by eliminating decarburization in final step. The use of low carbon
silico manganese in stainless steels and alloy steels provides a more economical production route,
where a combination of manganese and silicon is required in a low carbon steel product.

LOW CARBON SILICO MANGANESE

Manganese alloys are mostly used in

steelmaking and foundry activities. Some 30% of the manganese used today in steelmaking is
used to promote the formation of sulphides as deoxidant. In this last case it combines with sulphur
avoiding the formation of iron sulphides. These sulphides are low melting point phases which
become liquid at hot rolling temperatures and which, consequently, generate surface cracking.
The other 70% of the manganese is used purely as an alloying element. Steels usually contain
from 0,2% to 2% manganese depending on grades as manganese is the cheapest alloying element
among those which enhance some key mechanical properties like strength and toughness. In the
specific case of stainless steel it can substitute expensive nickel in some austenitic grades called
200 series.
There are two families of manganese alloys called ferro-manganese (FeMn) and silico-manganese
(SiMn). Silicomanganese adds additional silicon which is a stronger deoxidant. Nitrogen, boron,
titanium, phosphorus are elements which can be controlled depending on requested specification.
A very specific application of refined manganese alloys is a constituent in the coating of welding
electrodes.

FERRO CHROME

FerroChrome will be produced out of a joint

venture company in Oman and the chrome smelter would have access to captive chrome ore,
making it a highly cost effective chrome smelting complex. Exports to various regions of the globe
comprise about 80% of the groups market portfolio.
Over 80% of the worlds ferrochrome is utilised in the production of stainless steel. Stainless steel
depends on chromium for its appearance and its resistance to corrosion. It is also used when it is
desired to add chromium to carbon steel. More commonly used in specialist applications such as
engineering steels where a high Cr to Fe ratio and minimum levels of other elements such as
sulfur, phosphorus and titanium are important and production of finished metals.

FERRO SILICON

Ferrosilicon is used as a source of silicon to

reduce metals from their oxides and to deoxidize steel and other ferrous alloys. This prevents the
loss of carbon from the molten steel (so called blocking the heat); ferro manganese, spiegeleisen,
silicides of calcium, and many other materials are used for the same purpose.[3] It can be used to
make other ferroalloys. Ferrosilicon is also used for manufacture of silicon, corrosion-resistant and
high-temperature resistant ferrous silicon alloys, and silicon steel for electromotors and transformer
cores. In the manufacture of cast iron, ferrosilicon is used for inoculation of the iron to accelerate
graphitization. In arc welding, ferrosilicon can be found in some electrode coatings.