Tata Steel's Gopalpur unit kicks off ferro chrome production

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Tata Steel said on Tuesday it has commenced ferro chrome production at its recently commissioned unit at Gopalpur, in south Odisha. The ferro chrome production is in compliance with all the technical parameters.
 

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 its first greenfield ferro chrome plant, the steel major is sourcing chrome ore from its chromite mine at Sukinda in Jajpur district.

D B Sundara Ramam, executive-in-charge, ferro alloys & minerals division of Tata Steel said, "This