BERHAMPUR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has accorded the much-awaited
environment clearance to a group of mid-scale projects of Tata Steel at its
upcoming industrial park at Gopalpur in south Odisha. The projects include a
55,000-tonne per annum (TPA) high carbon ferrochrome plant, a 400,000-TPA rebar
mill and a desalination plant to meet the water requirement of the industrial
park. “While the preliminary work for
these projects has already started, the actual work will pick up momentum from
the next month. The plants are expected to be completed by the end of next
year,” said A K Ojha, general manager, Gopalpur project. As the key investor of
the industrial park, Tata Steel would invest about Rs 800 crore on these
projects, which would initially create employment for 1,000 people. Tata Steel
had acquired about 2,800 acres of land at Gopalpur in mid-1990s for setting up
of a mega steel plant. But the company later shelved the project and decided to
set up an industrial park there. This would be the fourth ferroalloys plant of
Tata Steel in Odisha. The company is currently operating three ferroalloys
plants at Joda, Bamanipal and Athgarh (through its subsidiary Rawmet) with
capacities of 50,000 tonnes per annum each.
Source: Business Standard
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