BERHAMPUR: The Orissa Sands Complex, a unit of the Indian Rare Earths Limited (IREL), under the Department of Atomic Energy, located near Chatrapur is set to have a Captive Power Plant (CPP). The CPP is being planned keeping in view the current power crisis in Orissa and the additional power requirement to meet OSCOM’s expansion plans in the future. We will require more power in the future and a CPP is being planned for this purpose. It is yet to be decided whether the CPP would be set up by OSCOM or by any private investor”, said MS Ray, chief of OSCOM. OSCOM’s power requirement is set to go up significantly as the IREL unit was aiming to double its ilmenite production capacity and set up a 10,0000 tonne per annum monazite processing plant at a combined investment of Rs 250 crore. The IREL unit produces about 18,000 tonnes of ilmenite per month. Source: Business Standard
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