Private company
Bhilai Steel Plant
Logo: Steel Authority of India, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Steel plant in Chhattisgarh, India
The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products. The plant also produces steel and markets various chemical by-products from its coke ovens and coal chemical plant. It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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The Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), located in Bhilai, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, is India's first and main producer of steel rails, as well as a major producer of wide steel plates and other steel products. The plant also produces steel and markets various chemical by-products from its coke ovens and coal chemical plant. It was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955.2
Controversies and legal
Incidents
On 12 June 2014, a gas leak in Bhilai Steel Plant killed six people, including two senior officials. Over 50 people were affected by the accident. A breakdown in the water pump house caused a carbon monoxide leak, which seeped into the premises due to pressure differences along the purification chamber lines. Among the dead were two deputy general managers, while the injured included Central Industrial Security Force personnel as well as workers and officials of the public-sector plant. The leak started at around 6:10 pm IST.
On 9 October 2018, 13 plant employees (including four BSP fire services officials) were killed and 14 people (including six BSP fire services officials) were injured in a blast at the plant. The blast occurred in a pipeline near the coke oven section at the steel plant in the town of Bhilai.
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India cited the plant for specific safety violations, thereby creating a hazardous work environment for employees who worked near blast furnaces and coke ovens.
From Wikipedia’s article on Bhilai Steel Plant, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1955Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaBhilai Steel Plant
- WikidataQ4901728
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- 1WikidataBhilai Steel Plant on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBhilai Steel Plant on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsBhilai Steel Plant logo by Steel Authority of India, Public domain
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