VSL STEELS LTD. Plant Layout VSL Steels Ltd.

VSL Steels Ltd is Flagship Company of VSL Group ( V S Lad & Sons), the pioneer in Iron ore mining and one of the oldest mining companies in the State of . VSL Group, in its endeavour to expand its business, is delighted to be part of the Core Iron & Steel Industry.

We have established a Pig Iron Plant in the name of V.S.L. Steels Ltd. in Paramenahally Village, Hiriyur Taluk, District, Karnataka State capable of producing about 1.5 Lakh (0.15 Million) M.T. of Pig Iron per annum. V.S.L. Steels has a Mini Blast Furnace of 262 M3 capacity, designed / technology by MECON Ltd. The commercial production was started in January, 2007. Major Facilities

262 M3 Blast Furnace ( Useful Volume) with 2 Nos. of PCM & SGP Power Plant 4 MW ( B F Gas Based)

Coke Oven Plant 100 MT / Day

Sinter Plant 33 M2 (Under Construction) BLAST FURNACE OF 262 CUBIC METERS TAP HOLE DRILLING TO TAKE OUT HOT METAL LANCING OF TAP HOLE SHIFTING OF HOT METAL BY LRS CRANE HOT METAL POURED IN TO THE PIG CASTING MACHINE TO PRODUCE PIG IRON CLOSING OF TAP HOLE BY MUD GUN MACHINE BLAST FURNACE DETAILS :

Description Unit Value

Blast Furnace No 1 Volume M3 262 Productivity T/M3 ~ 2.0 HM Production Tons / Day 500 Coke Rate Kg/thm 650 Slag Rate Kg/thm 250 Slag Basicity CaO/SiO2 0.95 Hot Blast Temp. Centigrade 1000 Highlights of Blast Furnace Performance

Highest Hot Metal 519 MT (12th Feb 2010) Production Lowest Coke Rate 593 Kg/THM ( 2nd Jul 2009 ) ( Net & Dry ) Highest Monthly Hot Metal 14,684 MT ( Jan – 2010 ) Production

Highest Productivity 2.26 T/M3 Effective Total Storage Sl. No of Material Volume Capacity in No. Bins (cum) Hours

1 Coke 2 140 12 2 Iron Ore 2 140 20 3 Nut Coke 1 110 80 4 Limestone 1 35 25 5 Dolomite 1 35 40 6 Quartzite 1 35 60 7 Manganese Ore 1 35 150 HOT BLAST STOVE DETAILS

No. of Stoves 3 Nos. Shell Height 28 M

Shell Diameter 5.3 M

Dome 1250 Deg. Cent. Temperature Checker hole 40 mm diameter Burner type Ceramic Cold Blast 1.5 Kg/cm2 pressure Waste gas 350 Deg. Cent. Temperature Hot Blast 1000 Deg. Cent. Temperature GAS CLEANING PLANT-THERMAX LTD

Gas volume at inlet 64000 nm3/hr

Gas pressure 4000 mmwc at inlet Gas Inlet 300Deg Temperature Gas out let 50 Deg mm Temperature Dust content at 10 gm/m3 inlet Dust content at 5 mg/m3 outlet Water requirement 150 m3/hr (Circulation) Pressure Volume Stage ( mmwc ) ( m3/sec ) 1st 2300 8.25 2nd 4945 9.29 3rd 7985 10.5 4th 11425 11.99 5th 15275 13.57 SLAG GRANULATION PLANT

Slag Tapped per 125 MT Approx. day

Slag Flow Rate 1.5 – 3.0 T / min

Water Flow 450 m3/hr ( Circulation )

Water Pressure 3.0 kg /Cm2 Special Features of Blast Furnace

1.RTDs: Resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) fixed in all tuyers inlet and outlet for quick judgment of performance of tuyers.

2. Thermocouples( Below the Tuyers): Total 10 thermocouples fixed below each of the tuyers (to know the condition of the tuyers) PACKAGE BOILER DETAILS

Make Thermax

Capacity 3 TPH

Working 15 kg/Cm2 Pressure

Fire Tube Type Boiler CRANE & PCM Details

LRS Cranes Details: PCM Details:

1. M/s. Mukand Ltd., 1. M/s. METCO Engineering Capacity: 500 T/Day Capacity: 50/20 T No. of Moulds: 250 Chain Length: 35 Mtr Speed: 6 – 12 Mtr/Min 2. M/s. Globe Engineering 2. M/s. METCO Engineering Capacity: 50/20 T Capacity: 500 T/Day No. of Moulds: 250 Chain Length: 35 Mtr Speed: 6 – 12 Mtr / Min With Ladle Hydraulic Tilting Device CAPTIVE POWER PLANT - 4 MW BOILER

Thermax Make Babcock Wilcox BF Gas & Oil Type Fired Capacity 22 T/hr Hydraulic test 79.5 kg/cm2 pressure Steam outlet 44 kg/cm2 pressure Steam outlet 440 Deg. Cent. temperature TURBINE DETAILS

Make Triveni

Year of Mfg 2006

Power 4500 kw Triveni Turbine gear box Gears Gear ratio 5.519 ALTERNATOR

Make BHEL

Synchronous Type Generator

Voltage 3.3 KV

RPM 1500

Capacity 4 .0 MW Air Cooled Condenser

Make Paharpur Ltd

Type Air Cooled

Fan 9.14 Mtr Diameter

Fan Speed 114 RPM DG SET DETAILS

1. MAN B & W DG Set AVK Make, 11 Alternator KV, 750 RPM, 3.8 MW

2. Pilistick DG Set TDPS Make, Alternator 3.3 KV, 500 RPM, 2.5 MW 100 MT PER DAY COKE OVEN PLANT SINTER PLANT

Capacity - 33 M2 Supplier – SSIT (China) Type - Circular Production/hr. - 59.40 T/hr. Productivity - 1.80 T/M2/hr. SINTER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION SINTER PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION We have created artificial lake in an area of about 25 Acres for Rain Water Harvesting and recharging of Bore wells.

WATER RESERVOIR WATER RESERVOIR

Quality Assurance Lab

VSL Steels has setup a Quality Assurance Lab with modern equipment along with well qualified staff. Raw materials are checked to ensure their quality by the applicable Indian Standards (IS) Methods. The Pig Iron produced is checked for its quality by an Optical Emission Spectrometer. As the analysis reports are given instantaneously by Spectrometer, it helps the Operation department to take immediate corrective actions so as to control the quality of Pig Iron being produced. The quality of Process Water and CPP Water is checked by HATCH instrument.

VSL Steels Limited has been awarded ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 14001:2004 certificates by Perry Johnson Registers, INC. Spectrometer

Quality Lab Marketing

VSL Steels produces various grades of Pig Iron which are utilized by the foundry industry to produce superior grade and high quality precision castings. We are catering to the needs of foundry industry throughout from Tamil Nadu to Punjab. Our quality is well accepted because of the consistency of specification of the Pig Iron supplied.

Product Despatch: Pig iron is analyzed by Spectrometer. Pig iron is heaped in batches according to the Heat Numbers produced. Test certificates will be issued to every Heat produced indicating the grades of pig iron. Care is taken to ensure that there is no mix-up of heaps. We are moving our product by road and by rail. For Rail transhipment, the Pig Iron is first moved to Chitradurga Railway Station, which is 55 Km, from our plant and there on to Customer destinations through container rakes.

Pig Iron Specification: The chart below depicts the various types of Pig Iron produced and their chemical composition. In addition to standard specifications, VSL Steels can produce pig iron with chemical composition according to customer needs. PIG IRON LOADING INTO THE CONTAINER AT RAILWAY STATION OTHER DETAILS RELATED TO PLANT

VSL Steels Ltd plant location:

Nearest Town : Hiriyur - 10 Kms

Nearest Railway Station : Chitradurga - 55 Kms

Nearest Sea Port : New Mangalore Port – 325 Kms

Nearest Airport : International AirPort – 170 Kms

Nearest State Highway : SH 19 – 1Kms

Nearest National Highway : NH 4 – 10Kms

Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) Land : 99 Acres and 5 Guntas (Paramenehalli & Doddaghata Village,Hiriyur Taluk,Chitradurga)

Power Sanction : 5000 KVA from 66 KV State Grid (Hindusghatta Sub -Station,Hiriyur Taluk)

Water : Permission to use ground water of 1260 Cubic Meters per day and to draw 1 Lakh Cubic Meters per of water from Vedavathi River bed per annum.

Present Water consumption including domestic is 600 M3 / Day. WATER SOURCES

1. Ground Water : a. Borewells within the Plant Area – 12 Nos, ( We can draw approx 500 M3/Day) b. Borewells in Farm House – 11 Nos, ( We can draw approx 800 M3/Day)

2. River Bed: We have permission to draw 1,00,000 M3 / Annum.

3. Rain Water Harvesting (Artificial Lake) 25 Acres Area: Presently we can collect and store 2,00,000 M3 of Runoff water during rainy season from catchment area of 900 acres. Holding / storage of water can be increased upto 4,00,000 M3 with further excavation MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF BOREWELLS Water Pipeline Route RAW MATERIAL SOURCE

Iron ore: a) Mines (Sesa Goa,Mineral Enterprises ,R.Praveenchandra ) .These mines are about 60 Kms from the plant. b) Tumkur District Mines (Balaji Produce, Tumkur Minerals etc) .These mines are about 50 to 70 Kms form the plant. c) District Mines (NMDC ,SMIORE, Minerals Ltd,B.Kumar Gowda,MSPL,VESCO,SKME,Tiffins Baryets , etc . These mines are about 150 to 170 Kms from the plant.

LAM Coke: Import: Nearest Sea port: New Mangalore -325 Kms from the plant.

Domestic: Sl.No. Plant Name & Place Prod. Capacity ( MT/Monthly)Approx. Dist. From Plant 1 Sathavana Ispat Pvt. Ltd., Bellary 30000 175 KM 2 Gujarat NRE Coke, Dharwad 20000 300 KM 3 Basudha Udyog Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 10000 550 KM 4 Bhatia Coke Pvt. Ltd., Chennai 12000 550 KM 5 SESA ( Sterlite ) Goa, Goa 50000 450 KM 6 S F L, Mundra / Porbander, Gujarat 100000 1700 KM

All other flux (Lime Stone,Dolomite,Quartz & Manganese)

All the flux are available in Chitradurga & Tumkur district and the distance from the plant to the source is about 50 to 80 Kms. Land Details

❖ KIADB land : 99-05 Acres (Paramanahalli & Doddaghatta Village, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga)

❖ Agriculture land adjacent to plant : 45-24 Acres (Doddaghatta Village, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga)

❖ Agriculture land adjacent to SH-19 : 15-37 Acres (Uduvalli Village, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga) UDUVALLI - GUEST HOUSE

15-37 Acres (Uduvalli Village, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga) VSL Steels Ltd (Details of Water, Land ,Railway Line and Iron ore for expansion) Water : Details of Upper Bhadra Project,Karnataka.

29.90 TMC of Water to District of Chikkamagalore,Tumukr,Davangere & Chitrdurga Districts for irrigation of about 2,25 Lakhs Hectares.. According to the proposal, the Upper Bhadra lift Irrigation Scheme envisages lifting of 17.40 TMC of water in Stage-I from Tunga river to existing Bhadra reservoir and lifting of 29.90 TMC of water in Stage-II from Bhadra reservoir to tunnel near Ajjampura in Tungabhadra sub-basin of Krishna basin. After tunnel, through Chitradurga Branch Canal and Tumkur Branch Canal, it is planned to irrigate 2,25,515 ha area by drip irrigation in the districts of Chikkamagalur, Chitradurga, Tumkur and . This water would also fill up 367 tanks (157 through Chitradurga Branch Canal and 131 throughTumukurubranch). Out of 29.90 TMC of water, 19.04 TMC of water is earmarked for irrigation and remaining 10.86 TMC is allocated for filling of 367 minor irrigation tanks. The entire water distribution will be automated and controlled by SCADA system. About 787 villages are likely to be benefitted under this project. The proposed project requires 2,114 ha area land for construction of main canal and delivery chambers.

The project as per plan will have to complete by December 2017 and we expect about 6 months delay in completing the project.

29.90 TMC of water to 4 Districts (Chikkamoagalore,Chitradurga ,Tumkur and Davangere ) out 4 District Chitradurga will get maximum share 11.96 TMC (Chitradurga Branch Canal) and 2 TMC for feeding water to Vani Vilas Sagar Dam.

The Vani Vilas Sagar Dam is about 8 Kms from our plant and the Dam has capacity of hold 30 TMC of water but due to number of check dam & lakes in the catchment area few TMC of water reaches Dam at present (about 2 TMC) once Upper Badhra Project is commissioned directly 2 TMC water will be feed to V V S Dam and also additional water reaches Dam due to filling of water body (check dam/lakes) totally about 5 to 6 TMC water will be available.,

Land for Expansion:

Adjacent to the existing plant/land we have identified additional land of about 153 Acres- 28 Guntas. Part- I (Government land) a) Sy No 33 Doddaghata Village : 52 Acres 05 Guntas b) Sy No 36 Doddaghata Village : 33 Acres 03 Guntas c) Sy No 37 Doddaghata Village : 06 Acres 19 Guntas d) Sy No 27 (part ) at Paramanahalli Village : 13 Acres 17 Guntas

Total : 105 Acres 04 Guntas

Part-II (Private land ) a)Sy No 34 & 35 (Doddaghata Village) - : 45 Acres 24 Guntas b)Sy No 198 Paramanahalli Village : 03 Acres Total : 48 Acres 24 Guntas

Grand Total : 153 Acres 28 Guntas

Note : 40 Guntas is 1 Acre.

Railway Line : At present the nearest Railway line is about 55 Kms (Chitradurga City Station for Pig Iron loading) and 80 Kms (Amruthapura Station for Raw Material). The proposed new Railway Line will be at about 8 Kms from the plant.

List of working mines Permissible Production (MMT) Sl. No Name of the Mining Lease Category ML. no Revised MPAP 1 VESCO A 2296 1.100 2 B. Kumara Gouda A 2516 1.260 3 SMIORE A 2580 1.600 4 Zeenath Transport Company A 2547 0.480 5 P. Balasubbasetty & Sons A 2502 0.480 6 V.N.K Menon A 2543 0.100 7 Lakshmi Minerals A 2551 0.066 8 Tiffin Barytes A 2293 0.560 9 Nadeem Minerals A 2526 0.410 10 Allum Prasanth A 2352 0.046 11 Sri GaviSiddeshwara A 2552 0.260 12 R.B.S.S.N A-1 2682 0.1013 13 Allum Prashant A-1 2289 0.090 14 VIOM (MSPL) B 2416 1.800 15 Hanumantha Rao B 2505 0.100 16 Iyli Gurunath Iron Ore Mine (RMML) B 2593 0.320

17 Chowgule & CO B 2546 0.380 Sl. No Name of the Mining Lease Category ML. no Revised MPAP

18 G G Bros B 2522 0.140 19 H R Gaviyappa B 2483 0.105 20 H.N Premkumar B 2538 0.070 21 Jaisingpur Iron Ore Mine ( B 2531 0.120 Ashwathnarayan Singh) 22 S.V Srinivasulu B 2604 0.100 23 Zeenath Trasport Company B 2239 0.180

24 GG Bros B 2586 0.036 25 Narayanpur Manganese & Iron Ore Mine B 1602 0.626

26 H.G Rangan Goud B 2549 0.114 27 SKME B 2141 0.426 28 NMDC-KIOM A 1111 6.000 28 NMDC-DIOM A 2396 6.000 30 MML - TIOM A 2605 0.650 31 MML - SIOM B 2629 0.410

Total (Bellary Dist.) 24.1303

32 Sri R. Praveen Chandra A 2294 0.750 33 Mineral Enterprises A 2346 0.570 34 Garudadhri Impex Pvt Ltd., B 2583 0.008

35 Sesa Goa B 2677 2.29

Total (Chitradurga & Tumkur Dist. ) 3.618

GRAND TOTAL 27.7483 Note : Revised Iron ore production permissible limit as on November 2017 Iron Ore production permissible limit

Hon'ble Supreme Court has allowed total of 35 Million MT per annum Iron ore extraction from State of Karnataka. a) Bellary District : 28 Million MT b) Chitradurga & Tumkur District : 07 Million MT PROPOSED EXPANSION PLAN

VSL Steels Ltd has expansion plan to produce 0.3 Million MT finished steel.

Proposed Expansion Plan: a) Modernizing existing Blast Furnace to increase the volume from 262 M3 to 325 M3, by retro fitting modern facilities such as installation of Stave coolers, Bell Less top, Pulverized Coal Injection, Oxygen Enrichment of Hot Blast, Preheating of Gas, Etc. b) Setting up Steel Plant to Produce 0.3 MTPA Finished Steel (Flats,Bars & Rods)

In order to sustain the viability of the industry in the present competitive market, VSL Steels Ltd management is of the view that we have to expand our existing Pig Iron plant into 0.3 Million MT Steels plant by modernization of Blast Furnace and adding Steel making and Rolling facilities at the present existing facilities at Paramenahally and Doddaghatta Village, Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga District in the land adjacent to existing facilities.

Additional Investment (Project Cost) : Rs. 393.25 Crs Additional Land for expansion : 153 Acres-28 Guntas Additional Water source : 0.034 TMC from Vani Vilas Sagara Dam Additional Power : 20.00 MW