NMDC ltd which is setting up a 3.0 MTPA Greenfield Integrated Steel Plant at Nagarnar in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has 90.59% of civil work completed as on December 31, 2017.
The 79.01% structural erection and 60.36% equipment erection have also been completed during the aforesaid period. The progress has picked up momentum since then in the last Quarter, the annual report of Steel Authority of India ltd (SAIl) 2017-18 has informed.
Notably, NMDC, which is also in the process of laying a 15 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) slurry pipeline is executing the pipeline project in two phases.
The first phase is being executed from Bacheli to Nagarnar in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh at an estimated outlay of Rs 4,000 crore; and the second phase will be executed from Nagarnar to Vizag in Andhra Pradesh at an outlay of Rs 6,000 crore, officials informed.
Notably, to transport pellet feed concentrate from Bailadila to Vizag via Jagdalpur, the company will have the pipeline laid along the highways with a provision of partial off-take to feed its proposed 3 MTPA Steel plant coming up at Nagarnar.
NMDC recorded sale of 20.44 million tonnes of iron ore from its mines in Chhattisgarh as on February 28, 2018, officials informed.
The company is targetting to achieve 10 million tonnes of iron ore production per annum from each of its mines in Chhattisgarh by 2024-25, official sources informed.
The company has also sought 7.116 hectares forest land diversion for its iron ore concentrate pipeline in Dantewada district of Bastar, they informed.