Raw Materials other than water

Steel is 100% recyclable. However, the current rise in demand cannot be met only by recycling steel. Therefore, the combined use of recycled steel and iron ore is required. The process of manufacture uses raw materials such as minerals and semi-processed materials. Tata Steel receives its raw materials from its captive mines and collieries in the states of Jharkhand and Orissa. The only waste material from external sources that is sometimes used by Tata Steel is the iron/ steel scrap purchased from the market and used in the steel melting shops.

Tata Steel has made great strides in its effort to reduce the use of natural resources per tonne of steel manufactured by it. The Company has reduced raw material consumption from 3.93 t/tss in 1999-2000 to 3.12 t/tss in 2003-04 per tonne of steel.