The Board has approved for a 4.8 MTPA capacity expansion at Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited, to further expand the long products portfolio. The company will also enhance the finished steel capacity in the flats products, by setting up a 2.5 million tonnes thin slab caster and rolling facilities at Tata Steel Meramandal. The company plans to set up a 0.7 MTPA Hot Rolled Pickling and Galvanizing Line (HRPGL) at its existing Cold Rolling Complex in Tarapur, Maharashtra. The company will develop a greenfield 6 million tonnes steel capacity in Maharashtra in two phases and form strategic cooperation for proposed integrated steel projects already being developed by Lloyds Metals & Energy Limited (LMEL) in Gadhchiroli.
Dec 10, 2025
Tata Steel Board has announced its long-term growth strategy for India, in line with the objective of pursuing prudent capital allocation and profitable growth.
Tata Steel will prioritize investments in the volume growth, value added downstream portfolio in mining assets and infrastructure to serve the needs of the India business and invest in new to the world low carbon low capital intensity process technologies for sustainable steel making of the future.
The Board has approved for a 4.8 MTPA capacity expansion at Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited. This is Phase 1 of the capacity expansion in NINL will enable Tata Steel to further expand the long products portfolio. As part of further enhancing the finished steel capacity in the flats products, the Board has approved the funds required to undertake the design and engineering work to set up of a 2.5 million tonnes thin slab caster and rolling facilities at Tata Steel Meramandali and also progress on seeking all regulatory approvals for the expansion. This will expand the finished steel capacity by 2.5 MTPA.
Tata Steel has been steadily expanding its downstream facilities across various product lines to serve the needs of its customers. In line with this strategy, the Board today approved the plan to set up a 0.7 MTPA Hot Rolled Pickling and Galvanizing Line (HRPGL) at its existing Cold Rolling Complex in Tarapur, Maharashtra. This will be ‘first of its kind’ facility in India and will enable Tata Steel to meet the requirements of its automotive customers for import substitution and further consolidate its leadership position in this segment.
As Maharashtra aims to grow to a USD 1 trillion economy in the near future and to cater to the growing demand of customers in Western and Southern India, Tata Steel has signed a MoU with Lloyd Metals & Energy Ltd to partner in the areas of iron ore mining, logistics including slurry pipeline, pellet and steel making. Both companies will jointly explore the following opportunities in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra,
As part of this project, the company will develop a greenfield 6 million tonnes steel capacity by Tata Steel in two phases and form strategic cooperation in the proposed integrated steel projects already being developed by Lloyds Metals & Energy Limited (LMEL) in Gadhchiroli.
All proposed initiatives are subject to further detailed evaluation, due diligence, and receipt of requisite internal and regulatory approvals.
Tata Steel today has also signed definitive agreements to acquire 50.01% stake in Thriveni Pellets Private Limited (TPPL), subject to regulatory approvals. TPPL owns 100% stake in Brahmani River Pellet Limited (BRPL), which operates a 4 MTPA pellet plant at Jajpur, Odisha along with a 212 Kilometer slurry pipeline. LMEL holds the balance 49.99% stake in TPPL.
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Tata Steel has been operating its pilot plant on HIsarna technology for a decade in its Ijmuiden plant. HIsarna technology is a low carbon technology that uses inferior quality iron ore, eliminates the usage of coke and also uses steel slag in its process, hence making it a sustainable technology for the future.
The Board today reviewed the progress of the trials, reviewed the scalability opportunities of the technology and have given the approval to commence engineering work and to commence regulatory approval process to set up a demonstration plant around 1 MTPA capacity in Jamshedpur. Tata Steel owns the global intellectual property rights of the HIsrana process technology, and this is one of the key focus areas in the new technology space for the Company.
