NMDC Ltd will put all its efforts to roll out the first HR coils from its upcoming 3 MTPA Nagarnar Steel Plant in Bastar by March 2019, officials informed.
The progress of construction activities of steel plant in the year 2017-18 is noticeable in various fronts, they informed.
At present, progress of civil work, structural and equipment erection are at an advanced stage and progressing in full swing.
The steel plant project is getting ready for its commissioning of various units progressively, for which operational power supply system is already energized during first week of March 2018, they informed.
In order to facilitate the commissioning activities of steel plant, procurement action for initial requirement of various raw materials, spares, consumables, etc., are also under process.
NMDC already is in the process of implementing an ambitious project of laying Slurry Pipeline from Bailadila to Jagdalpur and further upto Visakhapatnam, officials informed.
The capacity of the pipeline is 15 MTPA and this will be associated with facilities like Beneficiation Plant at Kirandul and Bacheli, Pellet Plant at Nagarnar and Vizag.
The Slurry Pipeline between Bacheli to Nagarnar is being executed by NMDC and from Nagarnar to Vizag is envisaged to be executed in SPV mode. The works for Bailadila to Jagdalpur segment (140 Km) has been taken up. This project is challenging in terms of obtaining various clearances and permissions from statutory bodies and complexity of the route, officials informed.
The company is executing the 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.