New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The board of Tata Steel Ltd on Wednesday cleared a series of expansion initiatives as part of its long-term India growth strategy.

In a statement, the steelmaker said it received the board's nod for a 4.8-million-tonne-per-annum (mtpa) capacity expansion at Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd, and that this would help the company further expand into long products.

Additionally, to meet the needs of the automotive industry, it will set up a 0.7 mtpa hot-rolling pickling and galvanizing line in Tarapur, Maharashtra. A third expansion is planned at Meeramandali to expand in flat steel production, where the company will add a 2.5 mtpa thin-slab caster and rolling facility. It has a target of 40 mtpa capacity by 2030.

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