Tata Steel’s first greenfield ferro-chrome plant in India at Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam district of Odisha has started production.
Chromite briquettes used for making ferro-chrome have been produced by the briquetting plant at the ferro-chrome plant complex. The briquetting plant had earlier commenced production on January 23, 2017. For the plant, the steel major is sourcing chrome ore from its chromite mine at Sukinda in Jajpur district of Odisha.
D B Sundara Ramam, executive-in-charge, ferro alloys & minerals division of Tata Steel, said, “This marks the completion of the commissioning of the ferro-chrome plant. It also goes a long way in