The following are the iron and steel industries in India.
i. Tata Iron and Steel Company(TISCO) : if was established in 1907 at Jamshedpur by Jamshedji Tata. This is the largest privatesector iron and steel plant. It is in the state of Jharkhand.
ii. Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited (VISL) : This plant was set up in 1923 at Bhadravati in Shimoga district of Karnataka. It is the first iron and steel plant in South India.
iii. Bhilai steel plant : It is in Durg in Chhattisgarh state. It was established in collaboration with Russia in 1959. This plant mainly produces railway sleepers and beams.
iv. Durgapur steel plant : It is in Durgapur in Burdwan district of West Bengal. It was established in collaboration with Britain in 1962.
v. Rourkela steel plant : It is at Rourkela in the Sundergarh distriót of Odisha. It was established in collaboration with Germany in 1959.
