ata Steel flagged-off the 1st raw material consignment of ferrous scrap on the 24th of July for trials at its steel recycling plant being set-up in Rohtak in Haryana. The first state-of-the-art Scrap Processing Plant of 0.5 million tonne per annum capacity is scheduled to be commissioned soon. The BOO partner is Aarti Green Tech Ltd, a subsidiary of Aarti Steel Ltd.

It is the first such facility in India, equipped with state-of–the-art scrap processing equipment such as Shredder, Baler, Material Handler etc. The scrap would be procured from various market segments such as End-of-Life Vehicle scrap, Obsolete Household Scrap, Construction & Demolition scrap, Industrial Scrap etc.

This scrap would be processed through mechanised equipment and the high Quality processed scrap would be supplied to Electric Arc Furnaces, Induction Furnaces & Foundries for downstream steel making, satiating their long-standing demand.

The initiative aims to provide the much-needed raw material fillip to the steel industry by making available Quality Processed Ferrous Scrap, streamlining the currently unorganised scrap supply chain, lowering the dependency on imports, and enhancing the transparency and efficiency in the entire value chain.