Essar Steel has announced the commissioning of an integrated Pellet Complex in State of Odisha. The Complex comprises of iron ore beneficiation facility at Dabuna (Keonjhar), 6 MTPA Pellet plant at Paradeep (Jagatsinghpur) and 253 km long slurry pipe line with 12 MTPA carrying capacity connecting the beneficiation facility and Pellet Plant. Essar has invested around Rs6,000 crore in setting up this integrated complex.

The beneficiation facility is designed to use low grade iron ore fines. The Slurry pipeline is the most cost effective and fastest mode of transportation that eases significant pressure on rail and road network, with reduced carbon foot print and minimal environmental impact.

With the commissioning of this integrated complex, Essar Steel has become the largest Pellet producer in the country with an annual Pellet production capacity of 14 MTPA - 8 MTPA at Vizag complex and 6 MTPA at Odisha complex.

A further 6 MTPA Pellet plant at Paradeep is scheduled to be commissioned shortly including the corresponding upscaling of the Beneficiation Plant, taking the annual Pellet Production capacity of Odisha Complex to 12 MTPA.

While dedicating the facility to the nation, Chairman of Essar Steel, Shashi Ruia said, "Essar has always put a lot of emphasis on sustainable development. The way this state of the art complex has been designed puts maximum emphasis on achieving our goals in the State of Odisha. It is a matter of pride that Indian engineers have delivered this challenging project keeping the balance between growth and sustainability."

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