job hunters we are updating the Latest Government Jobs notification here, read this complete article to know the details. G.H. The open top blast furnaces used raw coal, but there was no demand. The Indian Iron & Steel Company (IISCO), a SAIL subsidiary, was amalgamated with SAIL on 16th February 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant (ISP). H.Bhaya, who was chairman of Hindustan Steel from 1972 to 1977, was also chairman of IISCO in 1974-1975. [18], SCOB was amalgamated with IISCO on 1 January 1953. Method of Selection. Thereafter, the managing directors, from within SAIL, were D.R.Ahuja, S.Samarapungavan, K.R.Sangameswaran, M.F.Mehta, S.K.Daspatnaik, V.Gujral (acting), K.V.Pai and Nilotpal Roy. [2] In 1953, SCOB was amalgamated with IISCO. G.M.Fox and R.T.Lintern became general managers of SCOB. Established as an industrial enterprise in 1918, IISCO produced iron from an open-top blast furnace at Hirapur (later to be called Burnpur) in West Bengal for the first time in 1922. [25][26][27] The Kulti Works, which was earlier a part of IISCO, has now been brought under the control of Growth Division of SAIL and renamed SAIL Growth Works in 2007 and is functioning as a separate unit since then. The appointment of the candidates is at the Integrated Steel Plant (ISP) Burnpur only. Napuria Works producing steel coalesced with Hirapur Works producing iron to form Burnpur Works of IISCO. Others present on the occasion included Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, chief minister of West Bengal, Ram Vilas Paswan, union minister for chemicals & fertilisers and steel, and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, union minister for information & broadcasting. In 1918, G.H.Fairhurst took over as general manager of Bengal Iron & Steel Co. By then the company was doing well and even exporting pig iron to Japan, the Far East, Mesopotamia and Russia, but the directors of the company, living in London, were not interested in expanding its business any further. And then it was the beginning of the period of labour unrest. This integrated steel plant is one of the oldest in the country. IISCO Steel Plant The foreign exchange component of the expansion programme was met with a loan from the World Bank. Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) conducting online recruitment to fill the posts of 156 various Technician Trainee under establishment. [7], Rawmaterial Handling System designed to handle 7.56 million tonnes of raw materials annually,[8], Sinter Plant: Two sinter machines each with grate area of 204 m2[7], Blast Furnace: The 4,160 m3 Blast Furnace Kalyani is one of the largest in the country. A duplex plant initially with two Bessemer converters (and subsequently another) was added. The newly invented intimidatory tactics of gherao was practiced against the management personnel on the flimsiest of pretexts. F.W.A.Lahmeyer joined as chief engineer in 1950 and ultimately rose to the position of a general manager. After Prof. Bari's death in 1947, Michael John led the trade union for some time. [1], The modernisation and expansion programme of IISCO steel plant was completed at a cost of over 16,000 crores. Initially, M.P.Wadhawan, from Hindustan Steel, was custodian for a short time and then Arabinda Ray, from the private sector, was custodian in 1972-74. John Mc Cracken spent around two decades at the helm of affairs at Burnpur. Production of ingot steel was 93.5% of the rated capacity in 1961-62. This full-fledged integrated steel plant is one of India’s oldest. The furnace produces over 6,000 tonne steel per day,” he said. Prof. Abdul Bari was associated with it in the earlier days. Manick Chand Thakur, a descendant of Srinivas Thakur, a direct disciple of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, came and settled in Hirapur. The railway station was at a neighbouring village, Narsinghbandh. This integrated steel plant is one of the oldest in the country. Contact UsPlant Postal Address In the early fifties Tata Iron & Steel Company and IISCO were the only companies having integrated steel plants in India. In 1892, Martin & Company came in as managing agents. This full-fledged integrated steel plant is one of India’s oldest. The first heat of steel was tapped on 10 November 1939 and rolled subsequently. This page was last edited on 15 August 2020, at 05:07. Iron & steel produced by it has been acknowledged as being of the finest quality. The name of the town where TISCO was founded by Jamshedji was given by Lord Chelmsford in 1919. It had two blast furnaces each producing around 700 tonnes per day - the first blast furnace went into operation in 1922 and the second in 1924. One Universal Section Mill to produce 0.6 million tonnes of universal section products per year. IISCO is one of the country’s oldest steel plants established much before the Independence. Prospecting by R.Soubolle in Singhbhum and Manbhum led to the discovery of rich iron ore deposits. Physical Standard Test. The first blow of the Bessemer converter was made on 6 February 1946. Hello! J.R.D. This integrated steel plant is one of the oldest in the country. DGM (PR) & CoC The steel making facilities went into production but closed down after two years as the operations were unremunerative. IISCO Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited, located at Burnpur in Asansol, is an integrated steel plant with an installed capacity of producing 2.5 million tonnes of liquid steel.The turbulent history of the plant, starting from its pioneering days, has found it a place in industrial history. Sail Burnpur ISP Admit Card 2019 OCT ACT Exam Date. Interested candidates can apply by 17 March 2020. Despite growth plans, however, a combination of factors drove the company into stagnation and decline, resulting in lack of investment for technology upgradation to meet emerging market competition. [16], The Steel Corporation of Bengal was incorporated on 20 April 1937 with Burn & Co. as managing agents. Peeling, who served at Burnpur for about quarter of a century. He also visited Burnpur. Skill/Trade Test. [7], Rolling Mills : One Bar Mill and one Wire Rod Mill to produce 0.75 million tonnes of high quality bars and 0.5 million tonnes of wire rods per year. In 1949, I.S. He was knighted later. The Burnpur Works underwent two overlapping expansion in 1953 and 1955, increasing its production capacity to 1 million tonnes of ingot steel and 0.8 million tonnes of saleable steel.