JSW Utkal Steel gets green nod for 13.2 mt new steel plant in Odisha

The firm said capex for the integrated steel plant is likely to be about Rs 65,000 cr including associated facilities

The country’s largest steelmaker, JSW Steel, moved a step closer to realising its greenfield steel plant, with its wholly-owned subsidiary, JSW Utkal Steel (JUSL), receiving environmental clearance (EC) for setting up a 13.2 million tonnes (mt) steel plant in Odisha. 

The company said the capital expenditure for the modern, green and environment-friendly ISP project is expected to be approximately Rs 65,000 crore, including associated facilities. The phase-wise work for the project will start once the land is handed over to the company by the government of Odisha. 

The proposed steel plant would come up on the land where South Korean steel major,