The blast furnace at the Whyalla steelworks is not producing steel for the second time this year, with the Sanjeev Gupta-led GFG Alliance unable to say how long it will be until normal operations resume.

The Phase II expansion of the facility, which commenced commercial production in May 2016 is supported by a ₹27,000 crore investment, the steelmaker said in an exchange filing.

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.

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 Kalinganagar, Odisha, marking a major expansion in the company’s crude steel capacity. The announcement was made on Friday evening. What Happened: With an investment of ₹27,

The new blast furnace is equipped with state-of-the-art features for a longer life along with an eco-friendly design to improve the steelmaking process.

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,