Tata Steel has introduced its scrap-based Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) facility at Hi-Tech Valley, Ludhiana. Built with an investment of around Rs 3,200 crore, the Ludhiana EAF has a capacity of 0.75 million tonnes per annum. Designed to achieve CO2 emissions less than 0.3 tonnes per tonne of steel, the plant represents a significant step in Tata Steel’s commitment to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2045.

Designed to support low-carbon steelmaking, the plant will use nearly 50% renewable energy. The state-of-the-art facility will use 100% steel scrap as raw material, sourcing around 40% scrap from the company’s steel recycling plant in Rohtak, Haryana. The plant would produce construction-grade steel rebar under the company’s flagship retail brand ‘Tata Tiscon’, which would enable Tata Steel to further augment its market presence in the construction segment.

Tata Steel, the flagship company of the Tata group, is the first integrated steel plant in Asia and is now the world’s second most geographically diversified steel producer and a Fortune 500 company.