Sail to add 10m-tpy ore benefication plantat Gua

摘要

Steel Authority of India (Sail), the country's largest steel producer, is to set up a 10 million-tpy iron ore beneficiation plant and 4 million tpy pelletization plant in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh. The decision was announced to shareholders by chairman CSVerma at the 39th annual general meeting of the company on September 22. "To utilise low-grade iron ore, dumped fines and slimes, Sail plans to set up beneficiation and pelletization facilities, including a 10 million-tpy beneficiation and 4 million-tpy pelletization plant, at the company's Gua iron ore mine," Verma said, tellingSail shareholders that the company is determined to meet its enhanced requirement of iron ore from captive sources, by augmenting production from existing mines and developing new mines at Rowghatin Chhattisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand.