Centre to revive Talcher plant based on coal gasification
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Ananth Kumar on Thursday said that the coal gasification technology to be used for revival of Talcher Fertilizer plant will be finalized in two months time.
Ananth Kumar held a review meeting on the progress of the revival of Talcher Fertilizer plant by way of a joint venture at New Delhi.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan who was present at the review meeting informed that the effort is to try and line-up the entire proposal and even commission it during the current fiscal. Senior officials of Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (RCF), Coal India Limited (CIL) and Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) were present in the meeting.
There are new coal gasification technologies that may work out to be cheaper, said Pradhan while stating that a open tender for the purpose will be floated.