Guj NRE inks pact with SAIL for setting up power plants

(The Indian Express, 14 april 2007)

GUJARAT NRE Coke Limited (GNCL), the leading manufacturer of low ash metallurgical coke, has chalked out ambitious plants to set up three waste heat power plants at Bhachau in Kutch district and jamnagar district of Gujarat as well as Dharwad in karnataka.

Gujarat NRE Coke on Friday signed an agreement with Sailcon, a division of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), wherein Sailcon would provide consultancy services for the implementation of power plants.

Arjun Kumar Jagatramaka, Vice-Chairman and managing Director, Gujarat NRE Coke Limited, said that the total power generation capacity of the proposed plants at Bhachau and Dharwad would be 30MV and the investment for each plant would be around Rs 50-Rs 55 crore. The power plants are expected to be commission within two years.

“The company will set up another plant at Khambhalla in Jamnagar district within six months time,” Jagatramka said.These are waste heat power plants based on coke batteries.Unveiling the company’s plants, Jagatramka said that apart from power plants the company was also in the process of enhancing coke production from 1 million tones to 1.3 million tones by the year 2009, for which the company plans to pump in around $14 million. The coking coal production would also be increased to 1.5 metric tones per annum. The company is also in the process of doubling coke-making capacity at Dharwad in Karnataka and is setting up Coal Washery at Bhachau in Gujarat.



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