Steel Industry
Karnataka is one of the pillars of the national iron and steel industry. The industry started with Mysore Iron Works (Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant) at Bhadravati in 1923, and the state houses two of the thirteen major steel plants in India.
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Estimated 2 billion metric tonnes of iron ore.
The combined steel production capacity of 18 units in the State at present is around 22 MMTPA.
JSW Steel's plant at Vijayanagar, Ballari in Karnataka is the largest single location steel producing facility in the country with a capacity of 12 MTPA.