Steel industry asks govt to ensure availability of 161 MT coking coal
The domestic steel industry has sought a roadmap to ensure 161 million tonnes of coking coal is available for scaling up the country’s annual steel making capacity to 300 million tonnes by 2030.
Coking coal and iron ore are the two key raw materials used for manufacturing steel through the blast furnace route. While iron ore is available domestically, the industry is dependent on imports for coking coal.
At the sixth meeting of the Advisory Group for Integrated Steel Plants (ISP), a presentation on the roadmap to ensure availability of 161 MT of coking coal for future expansion of steel industry to 300 MT (Million Tonnes) capacity as per NSP 2017 was made by Indian Steel Association (ISA), sources said.
