Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys ’Unit 2 (60 MW) of the 120 MW Captive Power Plant was synchronized on June 30, 2013 and put to use. Various tests will be conducted over the next one month to check and optimise the operation of the unit and the load will gradually be increased.
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys is primarily involved in the production of ferro alloys including charge-chrome (high-carbon ferro-chrome), and has an installed furnace capacity of 157 MVA in its two units in Therubali and Choudwar2 districts of Orissa. The company’s operations are supported by a 108 MW captive thermal power plant (at Choudwar) and captive chromite mines.