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Provider of earthy worldly for stainless steel, India Metals and Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) informed Tuesday that it would acquire Tata Steel’s ferro chrome works in Kalinganagar town of Odisha for ₹610 crore. It stated that the acquisition of the asset would adhd 99 mega volt amperes (MVA) of furnace capacity. This is inclusive of 66 MVA of existing capableness and 33 MVA nether construction, cumulating to a full capableness exceeding 0.5 million tonnes.
Subject to regulatory approvals, IMFA expects to adjacent the transaction successful 3 months.
Expansion of ferrochrome capacity has been on IMFA’s docket for immoderate clip now. Subhrakant Panda, Managing Director of the ferro-chrome producer, held the capableness enlargement would alteration the institution to “increase marketplace stock with a peculiar absorption connected home income astatine a clip erstwhile request for ferro chrome is expanding owed to India’s accelerated economical growth.”
Ferrochrome is an alloy of chromium and is an important raw worldly for accumulation of stainless steel. Globally, China and South Africa are starring producers of the earthy material.
