Manufactured Capital

2004: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Government of Odisha and Tata Steel for a 6 MnTPA integrated steel plant at Kalinganagar.

2005: Commenced construction of the boundary wall following the transfer of the first phase of land to the Company in December 2004. However, work could not progress at the desired pace due to initial opposition from the local population.

2006-2007: Start of Rehabilitation & Resettlement with the launch of the ‘Tata Steel Parivar’ rehabilitation scheme in May 2007, the process of shifting the displaced families commenced and the construction of a rehabilitation colony at Trijanga began in 2007.

2010: Project gained momentum with an increase in the pace of work - construction continued on the boundary wall, followed by land levelling work, erection of electric poles inside the plant area and work on roads inside the plant.

2011: Start of on-site construction work with ground breaking ceremonies for Steel Melting Shop, Main Step Down Substation in the blast furnace area and Hot Strip Mill. Also, work for the corridor road, civil work for blast furnace construction, civil building columns of the charging and converter aisle began.

2012: Significant work is accomplished with the structural erection in the mill aisle of Hot Strip Mill, inauguration of 100 MVA transformer at plant site and refractory brick laying in Battery # 2A of Coke Ovens. Concreting work in raft of caster foundation at the steel melting shop and shell erection of the blast furnace-1 also began during this year.

2013: Project makes rapid strides with work progressing on Coke Ovens, erection of equipment at Wagon Tippler, Oxygen Plant, Raw Water Treatment Plant, Raw Material Handling Section and other installations at the plant site. Other highlights included completion of pouring of 10 lakh cubic metres of concrete, erection of Finishing Mill Housing F7, commencement of work on the erection of 1st Mill Housing at Hot Strip Mill and ground breaking for an employee housing project at Bamnipal was performed.

2014: Installation of several facilities was completed by the end of the financial year. Community engagement initiatives in and around Kalinganagar area were also stepped up.

2015: Progressive ramp-up of the installed facilities was undertaken during the year. The Kalinganagar Steel Plant was dedicated to the people of the State of Odisha by Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of the State. A truly historic moment for the Tata family and the nation at large.

All our iron ore, chromite and manganese mines (except Malda) in Odisha are currently operational. Supplementary Lease Deeds have been executed for Joda East, Khondbond, Joda West, Manmora, Bamebari and Tiringpahar extending the lease period to March 31, 2030 and for Gomardih, a non-captive mine, to March 31, 2020. The Government of Odisha has decided and communicated extension of Sukinda lease on non-captive basis up to March 31, 2020. A supplementary lease deed is expected to be executed shortly. The lease execution process is on-going for Katamati iron ore mine. A decision on the extension of the Malda lease is awaited.

FERRO ALLOYS AND MINERAL DIVISION (FAMD)

Our FAMD has been able to ramp up production in a challenging environment. The ramp up commenced post mining was resumed at Sukinda. FAMD generates value added and branded products such as ‘TISCROME’, ‘SILICOMAG’ and ‘FERROMAG’.

The construction of the first phase of the ferro-chrome plant of 55,000 TPA in Gopalpur is in full swing and is expected to be commissioned in FY17.

GOPALPUR

Strengthening our century-old relationship with Odisha further, we are setting up the Gopalpur Industrial Park (GIP) at Gopalpur under the district of Ganjam in southern Odisha. The park is expected to attract investments ranging from ₹10,000 to ₹15,000 crore and generate employment for around 10,000 people.

The GIP spanning over 2,970 acres of contiguous land includes a multi-product SEZ over 2,570 acres and an anchor project by us over 400 acres with the aim to attract various national and international investors to the industrial park, thus making the region the next industrial hub of the State. The Park will primarily attract investments in steel and allied downstream industries, engineering, chemicals and other emerging sectors. GIP will generate substantial employment opportunities and have excellent infrastructure facilities including reliable and adequate power, water along with social infrastructure like school, hospital, etc. thus contributing to the socio-economic development of the region.