On the way up: manganese, chrome ore, and ferro-alloy in India
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On the way up: manganese, chrome ore, and ferro-alloy in India P. K. Jain 1 Received: 29 November 2018 / Accepted: 29 January 2019 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019
Abstract The Steel Policy of India, 2017 aspires to achieve 300 million tonnes of steel-making capacity by 2030. This would translate into additional consumption of manganese and chrome ore other than iron ore as essential raw material for steel making. Similarly, ferro-alloys are one of the important inputs in the manufacture of alloys and special steel. The growth of the ferro-alloy industry is, thus, linked with the development of the iron and steel industry. With the abundant resources, there is huge potential of manganese ore and chromite and ferro-alloy industry in India. India has huge resources of manganese and chrome but the import of these minerals is increasing. Due to limited availability of high-grade manganese ore and chromite reserve in the country, lower grade ore has to be upgraded by beneficiation. Keywords Chromite . Ferro-alloy . Manganese ore . Steel Policy
Introduction Owing to the strategic importance of the steel sector along with the need to have a robust and restructured policy in present scenario, the new National Steel Policy (NSP 2017) became imminent. Though, National Steel Policy (2005) (NSP 2017) sought to indicate ways and means of consolidating the gains flowing out of the then economic order and charted out a road map for sustained and efficient growth of the Indian steel industry, it required adaptation in view of the recent developments unfolding in India and also worldwide, both on the demand and supply sides of the steel market. NSP (2017) covers the following policy areas: (a) Steel Demand; (b) Steel Capacity; (c) Raw Materials; (d) Land, Water, and Power; (e) Infrastructure and Logistics; (f) Product Quality; (g) Technological Efficiency; (h) MSME Sector; (i) Value Addition in Stainless Steel; (j) Value Addition in Alloy and Special Steel; (k) Environment Management; (l) Safety; (m) Trade; (n) Financial Risks; (o) Role of CPSEs and Way Forward; (p) Focus on High-End Research: Steel Research and Technology Mission of India. The Steel Policy of India, 2017 aspires to achieve 300 million tonnes of steel-making capacity by 2030. This would translate into additional consumption of manganese and chrome ore other than iron ore * P. K. Jain [email protected] 1
Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur, India
as essential raw material for steel making. Similarly, ferroalloys are one of the important inputs in the manufacture of alloys and special steel. The growth of the ferro-alloy industry is, thus, linked with the development of the iron and steel industry. With the abundant resources, there is huge potential of manganese ore and chromite and ferro-alloy industry in India. In this paper, an attempt has been made to discuss potentiality of manganese ore and chromite and ferro-alloy industry in India in terms of resources, production and trade, and issues pertaining to achievement a
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