BOC India, a part of the Linde Group, has bagged a contract from Tata Steel for long-term supply of industrial gases.
BOC will invest Rs 540 crore to construct two large new air separation plants, each with a capacity of 1,200 tpd, to supply gaseous oxygen, nitrogen and argon to meet the production requirements of Tata Steel's new steelworks. Tata Steel is progressing with the Phase I of its greenfield integrated steelworks in Kalinganagar industrial complex in Orissa which will be commissioned in 2014. BOC intends to establish an extensive pipeline network through the Kalinganagar industrial complex to meet the gases demand of the various steel production units operating there.