Orissa, Oct. 5 -- Jindal Steel has taken a significant step forward in its Odisha expansion project by commissioning a 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) Basic Oxygen Furnace (BoF) at its integrated steel plant in Angul.

The commissioning was announced on Tuesday, marking an increase in the plant's crude steelmaking capacity from 6 MTPA to 9 MTPA, as part of the company's ongoing Rs 20,000 crore investment plan to scale up operations to 12 MTPA.

BoF Installation Enhances Steel Production The newly commissioned 250 MT BoF converter enables the plant to convert molten iron into steel using gaseous oxygen, a standard process in modern steel production.

With this addition, Jindal Steel's Angul facility strengthens its position as one of the...