During fourth five year plan, three new steel plants were established which are far from raw material sources:
1. Vizag Steel Plant Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh): This plant is a co-port based steel plant in which production was started in 1992. This is the first plant situated on a port in India. This plant is based on modern technology. This plant gets high quality of Iron ore from Bailadila area of Bastar district.
2. Vijayanagar Steel Plant, Hospet (Karnataka): This plant is based on the native technique, and it gets raw material from nearby areas of iron ore and limestone.
3. Selam Steel Plant, Selam (Tamil Nadu): This plant was started in 1982. Mangnetite iron, lignite coal, limestone and dolomite etc. are available in sufficient quantity in this area. Its production capacity is 20 lakh tons.
