Phase-I of Orrisa project likely by Jan 2014: Tata

New Delhi : Tata Steel today said the first phase of its Orrisa plant with 3 million tonne per annum capacity might go on stream by the beginning of 2014. "The first phase of the project is expected to be commissioned by January 2014. This phase will have a 3 million tonne per annum crude steel capacity feeding hot and cold rolling mills," the domestic steel major said in its annual report.

The second phase with an annual capacity of 3 million tonne would be completed by March 2015, it added. Tata Steel has already embarked on setting up a 6 million tonne per annum greenfield facility at Kalinganagar in Orrisa. It would produce premium flat and value-added products and supplement the production capacities of its Jamshedpur plant.