Jindal Steel & Power plans largest and greenest steel plant in Odisha

After bagging Utkal B1 and B2 coal block in the Angul-Talcher belt in the state, Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) on Friday said it would develop its Odisha plant into the largest and greenest facility in the world.

This was stated by the company's chairman Naveen Jindal. He said JSPL has secured sufficient reserves of coal to enable the mega steel company to enhance its capacity for green steel making.

He claimed that JSPL is the first steelmaker in the world to build Coal Gasification to produce steel using clean coal technologies.

Greeting the people of Odisha on the occasion of Utkal Divas, Jindal said, "We won the Utkal B1 & B2 Coal Block on 17th Punya Tithi of Shri OP Jindal Ji who had a vision of using indigenous coal to make steel. This will help us to translate the shared dream of Bauji and legendary leader Biju Patnaik ji to a reality and bring prosperity to Odisha through value addition of natural resources and industrialisation".

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