Brief Summary of the Project The proposed expansion of Ferro Alloys Plant, Iron Ore Beneficiation/Pellet Plant Integrated Steel Plant through secondary route of steel manufacture and Cement Grinding Plant will be located at village Nabagram, PO: Digha, Development Block: Neturia, Dist: Puruliya, West Bengal. Total land acquired for this project by M/s Ispat Damodar Pvt. Ltd. is 78 Acres in which a Sponge Iron Plant with 2 X 100 TPD kilns, SMS Plant with induction furnace of 2 X 4 T & 1 X 8 T capacity, a Ferroalloy plant of 4 X 7.5 MVA capacity and a Waste Heat Recovery based power plant of 8 MW capacity are already in operation. The existing plant has been operating since 2006. The company proposes to further acquire 25 acres of land for the expansion purpose. The acquisition will involve mostly private land. The site is accessible by Sarbari – Panchet Road which connects SH-5 (Purulia to Asansol via Dishergarh). Thus the site is having advantages of proximity to 2 Coalfields – i. e. Ranigunj Coal field of ECL on one side and Dhanbad coalfields of BCCL on the other. Nearest Railway station is Madhukunda on S.E. Railway which is about 10 Km. from the site. Nearest sea port is at Haldia at aerial distance of170 KM from the project site. Nearest Air Port is at Andal at a distance of 75 KM and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport at Kolkota, at an aerial distance of 270KM from project site. Proposed expansion project cost is estimated for Rs.190.00Crores. It has the potential to engage about 11 persons in the permanent set up and 254 contractual persons. The manpower requirement in the peak construction phase of the project may be as high as 200 persons per day. The major raw material required for the proposed Ferro Alloys, Integrated Steel Plant, Coke ovens and Cement Grinding Plant are Iron ore, Manganese Ore, Coal, Limestone, Quartz, Chromites ore etc. Purulia district does not have mineral resources. Most of the minerals including iron ore, chromite, limestone, etc will be sourced from neighbouring state Odisha whereas coal (both coking and non-coking) will be sourced from neghbouring coal fields of ECL and BCCL. The coal for the coke ovens plant will be imported from Australia/USA or Indonesia. Cement Clinker for cement grinding plant will be sourced from nearby Cement Factory at for which a MoU will be made in due time. Technology adopted for various sections are up-to-date technology aiming at lower energy consumption, less water consumption and zero effluent discharge, recycle and reuse of solid wastes, etc. The proposed Ferro Alloys, Iron Ore Beneficiation /Pellet Plant, Integrated Steel Plant and Cement Grinding Plant will be an expansion project adjacent to existing project of M/s Ispat Damodar Pvt. Ltd, inside the same factory premises. The iron ore pellets produced in the pellet plant will be utilized in the sponge iron plant. Sponge iron produced in the existing plant and the expansion project will be utilized in the Steel melting Shop for manufacture of steel products. Similarly part of Ferro alloys produced in the expansion project will be utilized in the production of special steel in the SMS and balance may be used in group companies. Power will be generated by utilizing process wastes like DRI off gas as well as utilizing the solid wastes like dolochar and coal fines. The fly ash generated in the power plant will be utilized in the manufacture of Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC). The slag generated in Ferro-manganese plant will be used for manufacture of silico-manganese. The slag generated in Ferro-Silicon and Silico-Manganese may be used for manufacture of Slag Cement. The slag generated in Ferrochrome plants will be subjected to TCLP test and subject to clearance of test will be utilized as road base material. The fresh water requirement will be optimised by taking recycling and cascading measures. The dust from Air Pollution Control devices of Ferroalloy Plant will be used in briquette making. Point source emissions from various manufacturing facilities as well as fugitive emissions will be maintained within statutory limits by installation bag filters, ESPs and other pollution control equipments. Fugitive dust will be controlled by providing suction hoods at all transfer points followed by suitable ducts and pulse jet bag filters. The existing infrastructure facilities will help in successful implementation of proposed project. The proposed project will improve the viability of the existing sponge iron plant as well as to contribute to better performance of group companies by way of supplying needed input material. Water requirement for the project will be sourced from Panchet Dam Reservoir on river Damodar, which is at a distance of 7.5 Km from project site in north direction. Adequate recycling and cascading measures will be taken to reduce fresh water consumption. Effluent generated will be treated and used for green belt development and dust supression. Green belt development is in progress. Suitable plant species will be planted all along the internal roads, plant boundary, raw material storage & handling, ash/dust prone areas. It is planned to plant saplings considering the parameters as type, height, leaf area, crown area, growing nature, water requirement etc. Green belt will be progressively developed on land. .