Tata Steel turns self-sufficient for coke in Jamshedpur works

KOLKATA/JAMSHEDPUR: Tata Steel, with the commissioning of a new Coke Over Battery, today became self-sufficient in coke requirement for its Jamshedpur steel plant.

"With the commissioning of the Coke Oven Battery number 11, the company will be self-sufficient in coke requirement for stable operation of Jamshedpur Steel works," a company release said.

Tata Group Chairman Cyrus P Mistry today inaugurated the coke oven Battery No 11 at Jamdshepur.

Built at a production capacity of 0.7 million tonnes per annum, the Coke Oven Battery No 11 operates with 88 ovens with stamp charge technology and was the largest coke oven complex at the Jamshedpur works.

"The commissioning of the coke oven battery No 11, also the last milestone project in the completion of the 3 MnTPA expansion at Jamshedpur Steel Works, is indeed a proud moment for all of us," Mistry said after the inauguration of the facility.

"The project will bring about commercially significant difference to the operations at the Company," he said.