By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 12 more steel plants will be set up in Odisha, informed Steel & Mines Minister Prafulla Mallik on Monday.
The steel plants are JSW Utkal Steel Ltd, Shree Hari Sponge Pvt Ltd, Agrasen Sponge Pvt Ltd, Jindal India Ltd, Beekay Utkal Steel Industries Ltd, Orissa Metaliks Ltd, GM Iron & Steel Company Pvt Ltd, BR Sponge and Power Ltd, LN Metallics Ltd, Jindal Steel Odisha Ltd, and Arcelor Mittal Nippon Steel India Ltd, the Minister further informed.
In a written reply to the question of BJD MLA Dhruba Charan Sahoo, the Minister informed the state Assembly that 12 new steel plants will come up in Odisha, of which 3 will be set up in Sundargarh district and 2 in Jajpur district.
“One each will be established in Angul, Kendrapara, Dhenkanal, Keonjhar and Jagatsinghpur districts,” Mallick said. “At present, there are 51 steel plants in the state with an annual production capacity of 33.12 MT,” he added.
