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06 RAW MATERIALS

06.01 General

For every tonne of steel produced in an integrated

steel plant about 3 tonnes of raw materials are
consumed. Transportation cost of raw materials
becomes, therefore, a very important consideration
while identifying the raw material source with
respect to the location of the steel plant. Further,
the raw materials must fulfill the quality
requirements demanded by process, equipment and
technological parameters. Taking into consideration
the capacities of the steel plant, its location and
technological quality requirements, a study of raw
material sources has been presented in this
chapter.

06.01.01 Raw material requirement

Since the steel melt shop project is based on 100%

scrap charge-mix, scrap, ferro-alloys & sponge
iron(DRI) are the major raw materials required for
making steel. The annual requirement of the above
major materials and their indicative size
specification, proposed sources, and mode of
transport.