Indian state-run steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has operationalized a silica reduction plant at the Dalli-Rajhara cluster of iron ore mines linked to its Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), a company official said on Friday, June 23.
He said that the silica reduction plant has been installed at investment of $18 million and is needed to improve the grade of iron ore mined from Dalli-Rajhara because reserves are dwindling and ore quality is deteriorating.
The plant is equipped with the state-of-the-art beneficiation equipment and aims to enhance the iron ore supplied to Bhilai Steel Plant, thereby increasing the annual production from the blast furnaces and reducing coke consumption and carbon emission, the official said.