Adhunik Metaliks Kuanrmunda steel plant

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Adhunik Metaliks Kuanrmunda steel plant, also known as Neepaz Metaliks Pvt Ltd (formerly), AML, is a steel plant in Kuanrmunda, Chadrihariharpur, Sundergarh, Odisha, India that operates blast furnace (BF), direct reduced iron (DRI), and electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.

Location

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Background

Adhunik Metaliks Limited was incorporated as Neepaz Metaliks Private Limited on 20th November 2001 under the Companies Act, 1956. The Company subsequently became a  public limited company and received a fresh certificate of incorporation in the name of Neepaz Metaliks Limited with effect from 25th March, 2004. The name of the Company was further changed to Adhunik Metaliks Limited with effect from 9th August 2005.

The company is a part of the Adhunik Group, having a larger presence in Eastern India and having manufacturing facilities in the states of West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand and Meghalaya. The company was incorporated in the year 2001 and started operations in the year 2003.

In February 2020, Adhunik Metaliks Limited was acquired by UK-based Liberty House Group via insolvency process. The plant had been defunct for a certain time during this period and was restarted operations in October 2020 restoring 1500 jobs.

Contact

Lansdowne Towers
2/1A, Sarat Bose Road
Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, India
Phone: 033 30517100
Fax: 033 22890285
E-mail: info AT adhunikgroup.com
Web: http://www.adhunikgroup.com/companies/aprnl.html

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Start date	Workforce size	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2003-05	1500	34 MW CPP	Kulum mines; Khajuridihi Mines	Patrapara Coal block

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

Parent company	Parent company PermID	Parent company GEM ID	Owner	Owner company PermID	Owner company GEM ID
Mahanada Suppliers Pvt Ltd; natural person(s); small shareholder(s); Sunrwoth Stocks Pvt Ltd	5035484293; not applicable; not applicable; unknown	E100001016502; E100000123261; E100001015587; E100001016503	Adhunik Metaliks Ltd	4295873516	E100001000387

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category	Steel products	Steel sector end users	Main production equipment
semi-finished	billet	automotive, energy, tools and machinery	BF; DRI; EAF

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	Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity	Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
operating	500	500

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	Blast furnace capacity	Sponge iron/DRI capacity	Nominal iron capacity (total)
operating	180	150	330

Table 6: Actual Plant-level Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	EAF production	Other/unknown steel production
2019	–	–
2020	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown
2023	unknown	unknown

Table 7: Actual Plant-level Crude Iron Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum)

Year	BF production	DRI production	Other/unknown iron production
2019	–	–	–
2020	unknown	unknown	unknown
2021	unknown	unknown	unknown
2022	unknown	unknown	unknown
2023	unknown	unknown	unknown

Unit Details

Table 8: Blast Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Start date	Current size	Current capacity (ttpa)
unknown BF (1)	operating	2005	262.0	180

Table 9: Direct Reduced Iron Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Furnace type	Current capacity (ttpa)	Reductant
unknown DRI (1)	operating	2001	2003	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (2)	operating	2001	2003	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (3)	operating	2001	2003	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (4)	operating	2001	2003	rotary kiln	30	coal
unknown DRI (5)	operating	2001	2003	rotary kiln	30	coal

Table 10: Electric Arc Furnace Details

Unit name	Status	Announced date	Start date	Current capacity (ttpa)	Current size (tonnes)
unknown EAF (1)	operating	–	2005	250	35.0
unknown EAF (2)	operating	2006	2008	250	–

Table 11: Electric Arc Furnace Feedstock Details

Unit name	Scrap-based	% scrap
unknown EAF (1)	yes	>0
unknown EAF (2)	yes	>0

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