Suvendu Adhikari to inaugurate Haldia Petrochemicals' Rs 6,000-crore phenol and acetone plant in October

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Sunday that he will inaugurate Haldia Petrochemicals Limited's Rs 6,000 crore phenol and acetone plant at Haldia on October 14 this year.

Adhikari was speaking to mediapersons at state secretariat Nabanna when he pointed out about the upcoming inauguration of the HPL plant.

First of its kind in the country, the plant will be developed under HPL's subsidiary Adplus Polymers & Chemicals. The facility is set to house the country's first on-purpose propylene plant based on olefin conversion technology and the country's largest phenol production unit in West Bengal's Haldia.


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HPL chairperson Purnendu Chatterjee recently visited the site in February this year to review the final phase of construction accompanied by whole-time director and CEO Navanit Narayan and senior project officials.