In a gesture to promote the use of fly ash, Tata Steel, which is setting up a 6 million tonne green-field steel project at Kalinganagar in Orissa, is exploring the possibility of using fly ash in the construction of the boundary wall and other civil construction works.
It is in talks with the some cement and fly ash generating companies in this regard, though no final decision has been taken so far.
“The proposal is in a preliminary stage but we intend to use fly ash for the construction of the boundary wall and other civil constructions of the Kalinganagar steel plant,” B K Singh, vice-president (In charge of Orissa projects), Tata Steel told Business Standard.
He said, if talks succeed, there will be tripartite agreement between Tata Steel, a cement manufacturing company and a fly ash generating company. Tata Steel’s proposed six million tonne per annum greenfield steel project in Orissa is expected to give a boost to the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the state particularly in the area of maintenance support services. The project will require maintenance support services worth Rs 1200 crore when fully commissioned. These services will be outsourced by the company and is expected to create huge opportunities for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the state.
The services to be outsourced by the company include warehousing, machine shop, electrical repairing shop, fabrication shops, electrodes and lubricant suppliers, waste management, mechanised material handling and hospitality among others.
The company has already initiated the process of setting up a vendor development group in Orissa, which will work towards developing the local entrepreneurs and talents. The group is mandated to provide assistance to anyone who wants to be a partner in Tata Steel’s business.
As a measure in that direction, all the local (at Jajpur road) civil and mechanical contractors have been empanelled and 150 civil vendors have already been given work either in the construction of rehabilitation colony or in the main plant.