Essar Steel to commission steel project

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Essar Steel is in the process of commissioning its steel project which will raise its production capacity from 4.6 mtpa to 10.0 mtpa. To facilitate operations and for optimization, the company has sought an alliance from Rio Tinto for supply of iron ore to the tune of 160000 tonnes of iron ore from Rio Tinto’s Pilbara mines from Australia. Further the 274-km long Bailadila- (Chhattisgarh)-Vizag (Andhra Pradesh) pipeline of Essar Steel was blown up allegedly by the Maoists, in May 2009 cutting of iron ore supply

Karnataka government plans steel park at Bellary-Hospet area

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Category: Karnataka Steel Projects

Karnataka government plans steel park at Bellary-Hospet area which is rich in iron ores. Already lot of small and steel unit are concentrated there. Now the state government, wants to develop a port at Tadri, a good connectivity, a nuclear power plant in an area of 500 sq.kms. It is also setting up a 120 km rail link between Hubli and Ankola. The govt. hopes to generate Rs.200 billion of investment from steel majors like Tata Steel, JSW, NMDC etc.,

Ashapura Aluminium plans to set up 500,000 tpa aluminium smelter plant

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Category: Aluminium

Ashapura Aluminium Ltd plans to set up 500,000 tpa aluminium smelter plant in Gudiyali in Mandvi Taluk in Kutch district of Gujarat with an investment of Rs. 60,000 million. The smelter unit will be set up at the alumina refinery complex in an area of 769 ha. The unit will consume Alumina (9,65,000 TPA), Cryolite (1020.00 TPA), Aluminum fluoride (11,240.00 TPA), Calcined petrolium coke (200,008.00 TPA), coal tar pitch (42,446.00 TPA) and fuel oil (33,600 TPA) as raw materials.

Hindustan Zinc to set up 500000 tpa zinc and lead smelter at Rajasmand

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Category: Base Metals

Hindustan Zinc to set up 500000 tpa zinc and lead smelter at Dariba village in Relmagra Taluk in Rajasmand district of Rajasthan with an investment of Rs. 38520 million. The project involves setting up of Zinc smelter (5,00,000 TPA), Lead smelter (1,25,000 TPA), Captive Power Plant (255 MW) and expansion of Lead-Zinc Ore Rajpura Dariba Mine (6,31,000 to 9,00,000 TPA) and Beneficiation Plant (9,00,000 to 12,00,000 TPA). Proposed smelter complex will be built in 162 ha of area (including housing colony), adjacent to the HZL mining facilities in the land owned by HZL. About 106 ha of land will be acquired for railway line and railway siding. Main raw materials required are Zinc concentrate (6,48,000 TPA), Calcine (ZnO, (2,80,000 TPA), Aluminium metal (160 TPA) for Zinc smelters, Lead concentrate (2,60,000 TPA), Lead silver compound (80,000 TPA), Coal (26,000 TPA), Coke (27,000 TPA) for Lead smelters, Lead secondaries viz. used lead batteries (80,000 TPA) for Lead smelters. Coal requirement for power plant will be 11,62,000 TPA. Flocculants (133 TPA), Sodium Sulphate (19125 TPA), Lime (5,55,000 TPA), SiO2 (5200 TPA), MnO2 (375 TPA), Silico Fluoric acid (500 TPA), LSHS (4500 KLPA), Cement (13,000 TPA), Ammonium Chloride (638 TPA), Sulphuric acid (27,500 TPA) and Caustic soda solution (1500 m3) will be the other consumables required in the plant.