Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday inaugurated Tata Steel’s state-of-the-art scrap-based electric arc furnace built with an investment of nearly Rs 3,200 crore, PTI reported.
According to a company statement, Tata Steel Friday marked a historic milestone in the company’s journey toward sustainable steelmaking with the introduction of its scrap-based Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility at Hi-Tech Valley, Ludhiana, as per PTI.
Mann and Chandrasekaran were present on the occasion, along with T V Narendran, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Steel, and other senior government officials and company representatives.
“The Ludhiana EAF marks a defining milestone in Tata Steel’s journey towards achieving net zero by 2045. It reflects how Tata Steel is rethinking capital investment for circular economy — by backing technologies that reduce resource intensity while remaining globally competitive,” Narendran said, thanking the Punjab government for its support.
The plant would produce construction grade steel rebar under the company’s flagship retail brand ‘Tata Tiscon’, which would enable Tata Steel to further augment its market presence in the construction segment.
Tata Steel is among India’s leading steel making company producing steel from blast furnace route at its plants in Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) and Kalinganagar (Odisha). (With Agency Inputs)
