NMDC Nagarnar steel plant faces delays in commissioning due to Covid-19

It is an ambitious project of the country's largest iron ore miner as it would mark NMDC's foray into the growing domestic steel sector.

State-owned NMDC's steel plant at Nagarnar, Chhattisgarh, is facing delays in commissioning due to disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, a top company official has said.

The steel plant, which had missed its completion schedule earlier as well, is now expected to take one more year to start production.

The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) was first expected to commence steel production at its Nagarnar plant in July 2019, but failed to do so and then the commissioning deadline was shifted to 2020.