TATA STEEL LONG PRODUCT (Previously Known as Tata Sponge), which has its manufacturing facility at Bilaipada (in Joda Block of Keonjhar District in Orissa), was initially set up as a joint venture company between Tata Steel and the Industrial Promotion and Investment Corporation of Orissa Limited (IPICOL). It has moved on since, becoming an associate company of Tata Steel following the former’s ac
quisition of IPICOL’s stake in 1991. The origins of Tata Sponge can be traced to a groundbreaking effort by Tata Steel to industrialise a backward area of Orissa. Tata Steel proposed to do this by introducing an innovative technology for making sponge iron - Tisco Direct Reduction (TDR), developed by its Research and Development Division. The plant commissioned by Tata Sponge was initially designed to facilitate a production capacity of 90,000 TPA, which was enhanced to 1,20,000 TPA during 1990-91. Later, to cater to the growing demand of quality sponge iron, Tata Sponge increased its capacity by adding a second kiln of equivalent capacity in 1998-99. In December, 2001 Tata Sponge commissioned a 7.5 MW captive power plant to produce electricity from the waste heat of exit gases of
its Kiln No.2.This helped the company to become self sufficient in power. A second power plant of 18.5 MW fed by the waste heat generated by Kiln No. 1 & 3 was commissioned in November, 2006. Revenues earned by the sale of surplus power generated from the power plants add to the profitability of the company, besides keeping the environment free of thermal pollution. Tata Sponge is among the first sponge iron enterprises to have earned carbon credits. Company completed the acquisition of steel business of Usha Martin Limited (UML) on 9th April,19. UML's steel business has a rich product mix of carbon steel & alloy steel category which caters to automobile customers as well as product high end wire rods. The steel business acquired includes an operational Iron Ore mine , a coal mine under development and Captive power plants. The Name change from "Tata sponge iron" to "Tata Steel Long Products Limited" is effective from Aug 20,2019. This brings a new brand identity and our first steps in Speical grade Steel production.
