AHMEDABAD: ArcelorMittal
Nippon Steel India (AMNS India) is set to invest Rs 273 crore at
its Steel Complex in Hazira to set up a zero liquid discharge plant
and execute other environment-related initiatives.
The system will cover the
entire Hazira plant and help the company in eliminating liquid waste
by enabling reuse of the entire treated effluent with RO units.
It
is being set up for Rs 77 crore. The total length of the zero liquid discharge
network is 14 km and the system is expected to be completed by March 2023.
“AMNS India is committed to the best
environmental norms and adopting green practices at our Hazira plant. We have undertaken
various environmental improvement related projects which are in line with the
global steel manufacturing standards,” said Santosh Mundhada, executive
director, AMNS India.
The
firm has already announced plans to increase its steelmaking capacity at Hazira
from 9 million tonnes per annum to 18 million tonnes with an investment of Rs
45,000 crore.
AMNS India has also finalised an Environment
Improvement Roadmap plan that will entail an expenditure of Rs 173 crore in the
initial phase. This includes measures to reduce the ambient dust level by
installing various air pollution control measures in the plants, besides road
strengthening, deployment of more sweeping machines on the material handling
roads, among others.