Goa Carbon has received a Direction of Closure from the State Pollution Control Board, Odisha ordering closure of operations at the Company's Paradeep Plant located at Vill, Udayabata, Paradeep District Jagatsinghpur in Orissa. The closure notice is for non-compliance of stipulated by the Board and failure to implement the necessary pollution control measures under the Air Act, 1981 and Water Act, 1974.
The Paradeep Plant is currently not in operation since July 17, 2014 due to the shut-down taken for maintenance work and as such the closure order has been complied with. The Company is initiating necessary process to install the pollution control systems and is seeking time from the Board for the installations and other compliances.
Goa Carbon is into the business of manufacturing and marketing Calcined Petroleum Coke. Goa Carbon is firmly established as a leading Indian petcoke calciner. It is a regular supplier to aluminium smelters, graphite electrode and Titanium Dioxide manufacturers, as well as other users in the metallurgical and chemical industries.
