Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the 55,000 tonne per annum (TPA) Ferro-chrome plant set up by Tata Steel in the company's Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam district of Odisha. It is yet another testimony to Tata Steel's commitment for the development of the state of Odisha.

Dr Pradeep Panigrahy, Hon'ble Minister, Higher Education, Science & Technology and State Rural Water Supply, Government of Odisha, Usha Devi, Minister, Women and Child Development, Government of Odisha, T V Narendran, Managing Director, Tata Steel India and SEA, Arun Misra, Vice-President, Project Gopalpur & MD, Tata Steel Special Economic Zone Ltd. and other dignitaries graced the occasion.

The Ferro-chrome plant at Gopalpur is a unique environment-friendly plant with state-of-the-art pollution control equipment and technology such as the ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) & STP (Sewage Treatment Plant). It has 100% water harvesting facility that caters to most of the water needs of the plant. It has an indigenously built semi-closed hybrid furnace, which is first of its kind in India and components procured from all over the world to maintain high standards of quality and safety. Also, it is the first plant in India to use briquetting method of Chrome ore fines agglomeration.

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