Tata Steel’s Hooghly Met Coke in Haldia Becomes First Non-Recovery Coke Maker in India to Cross 25 Million Tonne Milestone

Mumbai, July 18, 2025

~ Sets a new national benchmark in metallurgical coke production without major overhaul ~

Mumbai, July 18, 2025: Tata Steel’s Hooghly Met Coke (HMC) Division in Haldia has achieved a historic milestone, becoming the first-ever non-recovery coke-making unit in India to produce 25 million tonnes of coke in a single campaign life - without undergoing any major repair. This landmark achievement was recorded on June 29, 2025, reinforcing the Company’s reputation for operational excellence and resilience.

Commissioned over 17 years ago, HMC is Asia’s largest standalone coke plant with a production capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per annum. Uniquely designed without a by-product recovery unit, the plant efficiently utilises 100% of its flue gas to generate 120 MW of power, contributing to Tata Steel’s sustainable operations.

Chaitanya Bhanu, Vice President - Operations, Tata Steel Jamshedpur, said: "As the first non-recovery coke making unit in India to cross 25 million tonnes, HMC’s uninterrupted operations for nearly two decades is a testament to Tata Steel's ability to maximise asset life and manage processes with unmatched efficiency.”

Despite challenges like annual heavy monsoons, corrosive saline conditions, and cyclonic impacts, the HMC team has consistently delivered high-quality metallurgical coke to Tata Steel’s blast furnaces. Through a combination of indigenous innovations and process optimisation, HMC has enhanced its efficiency and output over the years.

This historic accomplishment is a true reflection of Tata Steel’s commitment to innovation, resilience, and excellence in the iron-making process. The focus remains on sustainable growth, leveraging cutting-edge technology, and maintaining leadership in the global non-recovery heat recovery (NRHR) coke making industry.

Note
A non-recovery coke making unit combusts coke oven gas and other by-products within the oven itself to generate heat for the coking process. This eliminates the need for separate by-product recovery and associated infrastructure, making it more environment friendly than traditional by-product coke ovens.

Disclaimer

Statements in this press release describing the Company’s performance may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws and regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those directly or indirectly expressed, inferred or implied. Important factors that could make a difference to the Company’s operations include, among others, economic conditions affecting demand/ supply and price conditions in the domestic and overseas markets in which the Company operates, changes in or due to the environment, Government regulations, laws, statutes, judicial pronouncements and/ or other incidental factors.

For queries and information

Sarvesh Kumar,
Chief Corporate Communications, Tata Steel,
E-mail : sarvesh.kumar@tatasteel.com

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 35 million tonnes per annum.
It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world.
The group recorded a consolidated turnover of around US$26 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2025.
A Great Place to Work®-certified organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 76,000.
Tata Steel has announced its major sustainability objectives including Net Zero by 2045.
The Company has been on a multi-year digital-enabled business transformation journey intending to be the leader in ‘Digital Steel making’. The Company has received the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar, and IJmuiden Plants. Tata Steel has also been recognised with the ‘Digital Enterprise of India – Steel’ Award 2024 by Economic Times CIO.
The Company has been recognised with the World Economic Forum’s Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion Lighthouse 2023.
The Company has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked among the top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016.
Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur Plant is India’s first site to receive ResponsibleSteel^TM Certification. Subsequently, its Kalinganagar and Meramandali plants have also received the certification. In India, Tata Steel now has more than 90% of its steel production from ResponsibleSteel^TM certified sites.
Received Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17, 2025 Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for eight years in a row, CDP 2024 ‘Supplier Engagement Assessment’ Leader, Top performer in Iron and Steel sector in Dun & Bradstreet's India's top 500 companies 2022, Ranked as the 2024 most valuable Mining and Metals brand in India by Brand Finance, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, and ‘Best Corporate for Promotion of Sports’ recognition at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2024.
Received the 2023 Global ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) Award of Distinction at the RIMS ERM Conference 2023, ‘Masters of Risk – Risk Technology’ recognition at The India Risk Management Awards, and ICSI Business Responsibility and Sustainability Award 2023 for its first Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR), Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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