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  2. History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    It is not possible to find anything to surpass the edge that you get from Indian steel (al-hadid al-Hindi). [38] As early as the 17th century, Europeans knew of India's ability to make crucible steel from reports brought back by travelers who had observed the process at several places in southern India. Several attempts were made to import the ...

  3. Iron and steel industry in India - Wikipedia

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    SAIL Steel Plant at Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand a supersize steel plant- The second biggest steel plant in India, which contributes 45% of SAIL's profit . The Iron and Steel industry in India is among the most important industries within the country. India surpassed Japan as the second largest steel producer in January 2019. [1]

  4. List of Indian inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Crucible steel – Perhaps as early as 300 BCE—although certainly by 200 BCE—high quality steel was being produced in southern India, by what Europeans would later call the crucible technique. [121] In this system, high-purity wrought iron, charcoal, and glass were mixed in a crucible and heated until the iron melted and absorbed the carbon ...

  5. Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant - Wikipedia

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    Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), a unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a plant involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron. It is located in the city of Bhadravathi, India. [1] It was started as the Mysore Iron Works on 18 January 1923 by Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar and his Diwan Sir M Visvesvaraya.

  6. Indian steel - Wikipedia

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  7. History of the steel industry (1850–1970) - Wikipedia

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    Steel is an alloy composed of between 0.2 and 2.0 percent carbon, with the balance being iron. From prehistory through the creation of the blast furnace, iron was produced from iron ore as wrought iron, 99.82–100 percent Fe, and the process of making steel involved adding carbon to iron, usually in a serendipitous manner, in the forge, or via the cementation process.

  8. Bhilai Steel Plant - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Adamjee Haji Dawood - Wikipedia

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    The Adamjee Jute Mills Limited was the third jute mill to be set up by an Indian and the first Muslim-owned public company in British India. To capture this emerging niche, Adamjee along with Mr. G. D. Birla of Birla Jute, broke into this monopolistic trade controlled by the East India Company until that time.