JSW Steel is planning to ramp up capacity at JSW Ispat Steel’s (JSL) Dolvi steel complex in Raigarh district of Maharashtra.

The company will set up a coke oven plant of one million tpa capacity and a pellet plant of four million tpa at Dolvi steel complex. The coke oven and pellet projects are likely to be commissioned in 24 months and 21 months, respectively. However, the company has not disclosed the investment details of these projects.

Besides, the company will set up a lime calcining plant of 600 tpd capacity at an estimated cost of Rs 75 crore. A railway siding facility adjacent to Dolvi steel complex is planned to be commissioned in 15 months at an investment of Rs 90 crore. A gas based power plant of 55 MW capacity using waste gas being generated by the blast furnace as feed-mix has been planned at a cost of about Rs 155 crore. The project is expected to be commissioned in 18 months. A second colour coating line at its Kalmeshwar complex on an investment of Rs 40 crore is also on the anvil. The 0.8 million tpa cold-rolling facility will come up at a cost of Rs 300 crore and is likely to be commissioned within 18 months. All these projects of are to be financed through internal accruals.

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