Captain Steel Garbeta steel plant

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Captain Steel Garbeta steel plant is a steel plant in Garbeta, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India that operates steelmaking and ironmaking technology.

Location

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  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 22.855859, 87.345018 (approximate)

Background

In September 2023, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly announced his plans to set up a steel plant in Salboni in West Midnapore district. The investment will be to the tune of Rs 2500 crore and primarily 6000 people is expected to have employment in the project. The land previously allotted for the now cancelled JSW Bengal Steel Salboni plant will be utilised for the project.[1] The plant is to have a capacity of one million tonnes per annum and is expected to be completed by 2026.[2]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date Start date Power source Iron ore source Coal source
2023-09-16[3] 2026[4] unknown unknown unknown

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company Parent company PermID Parent company GEM ID Owner Owner company PermID Owner company GEM ID
Captain Steel India Ltd 5083803498 E100002004552 Captain Steel India Ltd[5] 5083803498 E100002004552

Table 3: Process and Products

Main production equipment
Iron other/unspecified; Steel other/unspecified

Table 4: Plant-level Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Other/unspecified steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
announced 1000[4] 1000[4]

Table 5: Plant-level Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

1Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for an explanation of the different capacity operating statuses.
Capacity operating status1 Other/unspecified iron capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
announced 0 0

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References

  1. MP, Team (2023-09-16). "Sourav Ganguly to set up steel plant in Salboni". www.millenniumpost.in. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  2. "Captain Steel to partner Sourav Ganguly's Salboni project". The Economic Times. 2023-09-16. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20240110022836/https://platform.twitter.com/widgets/widget_iframe.2f70fb173b9000da126c79afe2098f02.html?origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumpost.in. Archived from the original on 2024-01-10. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/steel/captain-steel-to-partner-sourav-gangulys-salboni-project/articleshow/103718818.cms?from=mdr. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.manufacturingtodayindia.com/captain-steel-joins-forces-with-cricket-legend-sourav-ganguly-for-salboni-venture. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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