The new Adani plant will create about 2,000 direct jobs and 5,000 indirect jobs. The project includes copper smelter, sulphuric acid plant, copper refinery, continuous cast copper wire rod plant, precious metal recovery plant, phosphoric acid plant, aluminium fluoride plant among others, according to Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). "The estimated project cost is Rs 10,000 crore and the estimated environment protection cost is Rs 900 crore. Out of this, 40 MW would be generated from internal process steam by waste heat recovery and the remaining 260 MW power would be sourced from Mundra Utility Pvt Ltd. Accordingly, APL in August last year signed an MoU with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), to develop a 2x800 MW thermal power plant on BOO (Build, Own and Operate) basis in India and supply the entire power generated to BPDB through a dedicated transmission line.

Source: dna June 08, 2016 04:52 UTC