Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) has commissioned its fourth coke oven battery at Angul Steel Plant making it self-sufficient in coke requirement. The Coke Oven consists of four batteries of 45,000 tonne each and per month will produce a total coke of two million tpa.
The unit is feeding coke to India's largest blast furnace having 4,554 cu mtr volume which is already in operation at Angul and two blast furnaces at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
The company conceived and commissioned the world's first Syn gas-based DRI plant at Angul. The plant is based on a concept of making steel through coal gas-based DRI and EAF route using high ash Indian coal to produce syn gas for DRI.
Prior to the commissioning of the unit, the coal mine allocated to the company to run gasification plant. Due to this, the company installed a conventional steel making facility through BF/ BOF route.