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JSW Steel Ltd is today a fully integrated steel plant having units across Karnataka and Maharashtra producing from pellets to colour coated steel .

JSW's history can be traced back to 1982, when the Jindal Group acquired Piramal Steel Ltd which operated a mini steel mill at Tarapur in Maharashtra. The Jindals, who had wide experience in the steel industry, renamed it as Jindal Iron and Steel Co Ltd (JISCO) now known as JSW Steel Limited (Downstream)

In 1994, to achieve the vision of moving up the value chain and building a strong, resilient company, JISCO promoted Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd (JVSL) now known as JSW Steel Limited (Upstream) .Its plant is located at Toranagallu in the Bellary-Hospet area of Karnataka, the heart of the high-grade iron ore belt, and spread over 3,700 acres of land. It is just 340 kms from Bangalore, and well connected to Goa and Chennai ports.

The steel industry then was on the threshold of adopting new technology, and the Jindal Group took a lead in adopting the latest technology of steel making, known as 'COREX,' developed by Voest Alpine of Austria. The then JVSL was the first greenfield project to have 'COREX' as a mainstream facility. (Others elsewhere in the world, who had it as part of brownfield expansion, included ISCOR of South Africa, and POSCO of South Korea).