Mineral Based Steel Plant at Konsari, Gadchiroli District

Mineral Based Steel Plant in Gadchiroli District

 Crushing Unit
 Sponge Iron Kilns (total 100,000 MT capacity)
 Waste heat and coal based power plant (15 MW)
 Pellet plant 1,000,000 capacity
 Iron ore extracted in Garhchiroli to be utilised
 The estimated project cost is around Rs.700 Crores
 The proposed project will be the first of its kind in the Naxal affected district of Gadchiroli.

Details of Proposed Project at Gadchiroli District

Sr. No Project name Brief Description Implementation Schedule
1 Iron ore Mining Crushing of Iron ore 12 Months
2 Sponge Iron Plant Sponge Iron plant-

(Technology : Lloyds Steels Industries Ltd.)

2 Nos of 100TPD Sponge Iron Kiln  and Cooler

-Raw material handling system

– Product handling system

-Electrical Distribution system

– Pollution control system

 

 24 Months

Details of Proposed Project at Gadchiroli District

Sr. No Project name Brief Description Implementation Schedule
1 Sponge iron plant & power plant Sponge Iron plant- (Technology : Lloyds Steels Industries Ltd.)

2 Nos of 100 Tons per Day (TPD) Sponge Iron Kiln and Cooler

– Raw material handling system

– Product handling system

– Electrical Distribution system

– Pollution control system

 48 Months
2 Power Plant – 10 Mw Turbine and Generator –(Tech. Lloyds Steels Industries Ltd.)

— Condenser

— Water treatment facility

— Raw material handling system

— Cooling tower

— Power distribution system

 48 Months
3 Pellet Plant Pellet plant 1 Million T /year –

(Technology : Lloyds Steels Industries Ltd.)

– Travelling Grate Furnace ,Rotary Kiln, Grinding Machine,

– Drying machine, Raw material handling system

– Pollution control Equipment , Electrical Distribution and control system.

 48 Months
4 Infrastructure Housing and Infra structure and other amenities 48 Months

Employment opportunities

  • The Mining site and the proposed project will create employment opportunities to the local people directly and indirectly, in the “NO Industrial Area” as under:-.
  • Direct Employment
    Mining Site : 300 employees on attaining Peak Rated capacity
    Steel Plant : 800 employees on completion of Second Phase.
  • Indirect Employment
    around 2000 employments indirectly on transportation , eateries, hospitalities etc.
  • The company guarantees to provide employment to one person from each family of the farmers whose land is to be acquired for the plant at Kondseri village, near Ashti, once the commercial production at the proposed plant is commenced .

The prime Objectives of setting up of steel plant in district of Gadchiroli is to

  • Optimum utilisation of natural resources of the district for benefit and betterment of the people of Naxal affected Gadchiroli District.
  • Consume the iron ore resources within the district with a Mineral Based industry in the district
  • Provide Employment to minimum of 1100 local people directly according to their skills and about 2000 indirectly, in the “NO Industrial Area”
  • Overall development of the region affected by naxalism