India’s Tata Steel Limited has completed the second phase expansion of its Kalinganagar steel mill in the eastern state of Odisha, taking its installed capacity to 8 million mt per year from 3 million mt per year, a company statement said on Friday, May 23.
The expanded capacity was formally inaugurated by Odisha chief minister Moha n Charan Majhi, the statement said.
The new blast furnace at the Kalinganagar mill, the largest in the country with a volume of 5,870 cubic meters, is equipped with state-of-the-art features for a long campaign life and an eco-friendly design to optimise the steelmaking process.
This blast furnace utilises four top combustion stoves, also a first in India, along with two preheating stoves for optimum specific fuel consumption in hot metal production.
Other key facilities in the Phase II expansion at Kalinganagar include a pellet plant, a coke plant, and a cold rolling mill, each incorporating advanced technologies and sustainable practices, the company said.