Power supply to the Coal Handling System and HT supply to Stacker Reclaimer of the upcoming 3 million-tonne Nagarnar Steel plant of the public sector miner NMDC Ltd’s were switched on Wednesday.
As a precursor to commissioning of the Coke Oven Battery at the upcoming steel plant at Nagarnar, NMDC Technical Director Narendra K Nanda switched on power to the system and the HT supply to the reclaimer to start commissioning of the coal route of RMHS Package, a release from the company said.
The ₹ 15,525 crore steel plant project in Bastar is slated to be commissioned in September 2018. Of the plant’s total power requirement of 296 mw, NMDC proposes to take 241 mw from the grid through Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Corporation Limited (CSPTCL) while the balance will be generated in-house.
The steel plant is expected to handle close to 2.5 MT of coking coal annually to feed its two coke ovens. Coking coal is converted to coke for charging into blast furnace to reduce iron ore to molten steel. NMDC has already placed order for procurement of the first consignment of coking coal, the release said. NMDC had started the 220 KV GIS (Gas Insulated Switch) Main Receiving Sub-station early this month. “Bringing power into the plant and making it ready for distribution to the different units of the steel plant as per need is a big step towards commissioning of the steel plant later this year,” Mr. Nanda said.
Executive Director and Project In-charge of Nagarnar Iron & Steel Plant (NISP) Prasant Dash, senior officials of NISP and MECON, the consultancy partner, workers’ representatives and officials from BHEL’s Industrial Systems Group, Bengaluru, the commissioning partner for the project, participated in the programme.
