First coke oven fired up at NMDC plant in Chhattisgarh

Hyderabad: State-owned iron ore miner NMDC on Saturday said it has commissioned the first coke oven battery (COB) at its Nagarnar integrated steel plant in Chhattisgarh.“The first batch of coke was discharged this afternoon, paving the way for the sequential commissioning of subsequent key units. Nagarnar steel plant being a greenfield integrated steel plant, several major units need to be commissioned sequentially so that their interdependence can be established smoothly,” NMDC said.According to the Navratra PSU, the second coke oven battery is due to be commissioned in the next few days and the process will eventually culminate in the commissioning of the hot strip mill and thin slab caster in the coming months. TNN