Tata Steel successfully commissioned India’s largest blast furnace at Kalinganagar in Jajpur district on Friday( 20 September).

With a total investment of Rs 27,000 crore, the phase-II expansion at Kalinganagar will take the total capacity from 3 MTPA to 8 MTPA.

The new blast furnace, with a volume of 5,870 cubic metre, is equipped with state-of-the-art features for long campaign life and an eco-friendly design to optimise the steelmaking process.

CEO and managing director TV Narendran inaugurated this facility.