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

The map below shows the approximate location of the plant in Garbeta, West Midnapore, West Bengal, India:

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• Location:
• 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. The plant is to have a capacity of one million tonnes per annum and is expected to be completed by 2026.

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Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Announced date	Start date	Power source	Iron ore source	Coal source
2023-09-16	2026	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	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	1000

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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Resources

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