Jamshedpur, March 20 -- Tata Steel on Friday commissioned its scrap-based Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility at Hi-Tech Valley in Ludhiana, marking a step towards low-carbon steelmaking.
Built with an investment of about Rs 3,200 crore, the plant has a capacity of 0.75 million tonnes per annum. The company said the facility is designed to achieve carbon dioxide emissions of less than 0.3 tonne per tonne of steel.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and Tata Steel Chairman N Chandrasekaran were present at the inauguration, along with CEO and Managing Director T V Narendran and other officials.
The company said the plant will use 100 per cent steel scrap as raw material and is designed to operate with nearly 50 per cent renewable en...