Coal gasification method will help Odisha a steel hub: Union Steel Minister
4 steel making facilities inaugurated at JSPL's Angul plant
Angul: Honorable Union Minister for Steel Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh today said that the innovative coal gasification process created by Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) for making steel for the first time in the world will help Odisha becoming a steel hub in the days to come.
Shri Singh was addressing the gathering on the dedication ceremony of four core steel manufacturing marvels at India’s Most Modern 6 MTPA Integrated Steel Plant of JSPL at Angul. Honorable Union Minister for Petroleum & Natural Gas, and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Shri Dharmendra Pradhan was also present on the occasion.
The manufacturing units which were dedicated to the nation in the august presence of Smt. Savitri Jindal, Chairperson Emeritus, OP Jindal Group and Shri Naveen Jindal, Chairman, JSPL are: India’s Largest 4554 m3 Blast Furnace (BF), India’s Most Modern 3 MTPA Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF), Worlds First & Largest Syngas based 2 MTPA DRI Plant and World’s Largest Coal Gasification Plant (CGP) for Steelmaking based on Swadeshi Coal.
Shri Singh further said about 80 per cent of coking coal worth Rs 20,000 crore is imported by India.
“We remain dependent on imports (for coking coal) but Naveen (Jindal) has come out with a plan which can make us reduce this dependence,” he said. The minister added that the new technology of making steel by coal gasification helps in producing the metal using domestic coal.
Inaugurating the key steel manufacturing facilities Shri Pradhan said,”The steel industry is going to be a major contributor in employment generation in coming days. JSPL ‘s adoption of coal gassification as the technology for steel making is a path breaking initiative ” sir Pradhan added
On the occasion JSPL Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal said, “This is for the first time that any company in India is using coal gasification method to make steel. We are hopeful that after one year we will be able to run the Angul plant in full capacity”.
Other key facilities at the Integrated Steel Plant spreading over 3500 acres include: India’s Largest 1.5 MTPA Rebar Mill, World’s Most Modern 1.2 MTPA Plate Mill, World’s fastest 2.3 MTPA Billet Caster, India’s Most Advanced 1.7 MTPA Slab Caster, India’s Largest 2.75 MTPA New Electric Oxygen Furnace (NEOF) and 810 MW Captive Power Plant.
The Greenfield complex was initially conceived as India’s first and only steel plant to operate on purely swadeshi raw material. Over time, the Angul steel plant has transformed into India’s most resilient steel-manufacturing destination, deploying a judicious mix of Oxygen and Electric steelmaking routes.
The 6 MTPA Integrated Steel Plant at Angul is the largest steel manufacturing plant in the state of Odisha which has created 50,000 employment opportunities and anchors a socio-economic ecosystem of one lakh families.