India's Tata Steel has invested 270 billion rupees ($3.23 billion) to expand crude steel capacity at its facility in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, the company said on Friday. ($1 = 83.5200 Indian rupees) (This story has been corrected to fix an error in the headline and paragraph 1,

The crude steel capacity at Tata Steel's Kalinganagar plant will now expand from 3 MTPA to 8 MTPA, after an investment of Rs 27,000 crore.

With the current expansion, Tata Steel's capacity across sites in Odisha is at 14.6 mt. In Jharkhand, Tata Steel's capacity is at 12 mt, of which Jamshedpur Works is at 11 mt

Tata Steel has commissioned India's largest blast furnace at its Kalinganagar plant, boosting its steel production capacity from 3 million tonnes to 8 million tonnes annually. The company has invested Rs 27,

Tata Steel has commissioned India's largest blast furnace at its Kalinganagar plant, increasing its production capacity to 8 million tonnes per annum. The Rs 27,000 crore expansion project will be completed by December 2024.

The new blast furnace, with a volume of 5,870 m3, is equipped with state-of-the-art features for long campaign life and an eco-friendly design to optimise the steelmaking process. The blast furnace will also have a zero-process water discharge plan with rainwater harvesting.