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Lower energy & emissions for steel and DRI plants

From sensor to decision to rupee. One closed loop.

Pluribus Plant cuts the coal, power and fuel your plant burns per tonne, and the CO₂ and stack smoke that come with it. It records the decisions made every shift and shows which ones waste energy, in rupees and tonnes of CO₂, on your own plant's numbers.

Works on plants with or without SCADA / MES.
Shift decision ledger · Night shift Sample view
Unit Decision Outcome
DR kiln Air ratio held high after shift change Coal use ↑
Blast furnace Burden correction deferred 4 hrs Yield ↓
Induction furnace Charge mix switched to higher DRI Power/t ↓
Caster Speed cut after mould-level alarm Throughput ↓
Captive power Load shifted off peak tariff window ₹ saved
Illustrative entries. Your discovery session runs on your plant's data.

What your plant gets

Less energy per tonne
Cut coal, power and reheat fuel in every unit by fixing the decisions that waste them.
Lower emissions & smoke
Cleaner combustion means less CO₂, smoke and dust from your stacks, reported unit by unit.
Losses recovered
Every energy and yield loss gets a rupee value, so the biggest gets fixed first.
Capex avoided
Get more out of the units you already run before you spend on new ones.

Plants we work with

DRI / sponge iron
DRI / sponge iron Coal-fired rotary kilns, ABC and waste-heat recovery
Ferro-alloys
Ferro-alloys Submerged arc furnaces, tapping and fume control
Integrated steel
Integrated steel From raw material yard to blast furnace, melt shop and mill
Our purpose

Less energy. Less CO₂. Less smoke.

Steel and sponge iron are among the most energy-hungry industries in India. Much of the waste is not in the equipment but in day-to-day operating decisions. Pluribus finds those decisions and fixes them, so every unit burns less fuel, emits less CO₂ and puts less smoke and dust out of its stacks.

DRI kiln Coal per tonne of sponge iron
Melt shop kWh per tonne of liquid steel
Rolling mill Reheat furnace fuel per tonne
Captive power Heat rate and auxiliary load
Stacks Smoke, dust and CO from poor combustion
Whole plant CO₂ per tonne of steel
Illustration of plant stacks and a waste-heat boiler at sunset
Reported per unit, per shift Energy saved (GJ, kWh) · CO₂ avoided (t) · Stack smoke & dust · Value recovered (₹)
Pluribus Plant

Your sensors show what happened. Pluribus shows which decision caused it.

Sensor and automation data tell you the kiln ran hot. They do not tell you who changed the air ratio, why, or what it cost. Pluribus closes that gap and turns every shift into measurable decisions.

  1. 01 Capture Operators log key decisions each shift in a few taps. No new sensors needed.
  2. 02 Connect Each decision is linked to your sensor and automation data and to the outcome that followed.
  3. 03 Score Counterfactual scoring shows what a different call would have changed, across six impact dimensions.
  4. 04 Recover Losses are ranked in rupees so managers act on the largest first, and savings are verified.

Built for the units that run your P&L

From coal-fired rotary kilns to the rolling mill, each process gets its own loss model. For an integrated plant, we estimate ₹5–8 Cr a year is recoverable across six units.

Indicative recovery, integrated plant ₹5–8 Cr / yr We confirm your plant's figure in a paid discovery session, on your data.
DRI rotary kiln
DRI rotary kiln Coal rate, air ratio, accretion, metallisation
Blast furnace
Blast furnace Burden, fuel rate, hot-metal quality
EAF / induction furnace
EAF / induction furnace Power per tonne, tap-to-tap time, charge mix
Continuous caster
Continuous caster Breakouts, speed losses, billet rejects
Rolling mill
Rolling mill Yield, cobbles, reheat fuel
Captive power
Captive power Heat rate, auxiliary load, grid draw
How we work with you

Start small. Pay more only when savings are verified.

Discovery A short paid study on your plant data. The fee is credited if you go ahead.
Platform licence An annual licence per site, covering deployment, updates and support.
Success fee A small share of savings, paid only on savings verified independently.
Digital services

Make your plant AI-ready

Most plants have years of data spread across logbooks, spreadsheets and old systems. We bring it into one governed platform, then keep it running.

Data platform modernisation Assess what you have, design the target platform, then build and govern it.
IT & managed services A dedicated engineering team on a monthly retainer to run and improve your systems.
Projects Scoped work under a statement of work, from integrations to dashboards.
Insights · Published in SIMA DRI Update

Beyond the Sensor: Capturing the Operator's Decision in Coal-Fired Rotary Kiln Operations

Our article in the Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association's DRI Update journal, on why the operator's decision is the missing variable in kiln performance.

  • Sensors record what the kiln did. They don't record the decisions operators made.
  • Capturing those decisions every shift turns them into data you can measure.
  • Linked to coal rate, accretion and metallisation, they show which calls cost money.

Get the article

Send us a request and we'll email you the full article as a PDF.

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See what your plant is losing

In 30 minutes we walk through a loss estimate for your plant and show it working on the platform.

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OfficeBhubaneswar, Odisha
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