Tata Steel commenced work on the two million tonne expansion programme by deciding to order works on Outokumpu of Sweden and L&T for setting up a two million tonne iron ore sinter plant. Outokumpu is a technology leader in this field and has designed 300 such plants across the world, including the existing three sinter plants at Tata Steel's Jamshedpur works.
The sintering process makes iron ore fines suitable for use in iron making in blast furnace. The company has initiated the two million tonnes expansion programme in line with its vision of becoming a 15 million tonne steel company by 2010.
The new sinter plant will be commissioned by June 2007 while the additional two million tonne expansion will be completed by 2008. |
