Curbs on mining iron ore in Odisha and its movement between
states have blocked JSW Steel's proposed Rs 35,000-crore steel project
inWest Bengal, forcing its chairman to seek the intervention of chief minister Mamata
Banerjee.
Sajjan Jindal's steel-cum-power project at Salboni has been granted land and
coal linkage, but a near-ban on iron ore mining in neighbouring Odisha, from
where it was to source ore, is threatening to derail it.
The project is already four years behind schedule. A troubled Jindal, whose
Karnataka steel plant, too, is facing problems because of a similar mining ban
in the state, has now urged Banerjee for a more convenient ore transportation
policy.
“I have requested Banerjee to look into the issue of inter-state transfer
of ore. We want market-linked access and the CM has promised to take it up with
the Centre,” Jindal told ecently.
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