Tata Steel's Kalinganagar ore secured with nod to ramp up Khandabandh mine

Development is critical with capacity at Kalinganagar project being hiked to 8 mtpa from 3 mtpa now

Tata Steel has got the approval from the Odisha State Pollution Control Board here to scale up capacity of its captive Khandabandh iron ore mines. The ramp-up is strategically important as the mine would exclusively cater to the requirement of Tata Steel’s Kalinganagar project where capacity is being jacked up to eight million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from three mtpa now.

“We have got the permit from the pollution board to expand capacity of Khandabandh mines. The company has the consent to operate the iron ore mines at eight mtpa. But, it will take us around three years to reach