Steel major ArcelorMittal today said it has got provisional approval from the Orissa government to acquire 7,750 acre to set up a 12 million tonne steel plant, a township and a power plant in the state."We will set up the steel plant on 6,000 acre land while 1,000 acre would be used to set up a power plant. The township will be established over the remaining 750 acre," Sanak Mishra, CEO, ArcelorMittal India, said today.The company is planning to put up a 12 million tonne per annum plant along with a 1,500 Mw thermal power plant.The company has got a coal mine on lease with a total reserve of 650 million tonne along with four other firms.The company is also on the look out for additional land to rehabilitate people who might need to be relocated from the plant site, Mishra added.
