Atha Group operates a Sponge Iron and Steel manufacturing facility through Narbheram Power and Steel Private Limited (NPSPL). The company was earlier named Scaw Industries Private Limited and was taken over by Atha Group in July 2007. It was renamed in 2009 as Narbheram Power and Steel Private Limited.
The plant is located on 115 acres of land adjacent to National Highway (NH-55) in Dhenkanal town. It is ideally situated due to the availability of raw materials, infrastructure, and efficient evacuation of finished products by road and rail. The group owns a 3.5 MTPA iron ore mine under NPSPL, located about 150 km from the plant site.
The company has already obtained environmental clearance for its proposed capacity expansion. NPSPL has one of the best management teams to execute the group’s envisioned expansion plans.
This expansion targets an increase in sponge iron capacity from 0.1 MTPA to 0.25 MTPA, and in SMS capacity from 0.044 MTPA to 0.144 MTPA.
The most significant value addition will come through the expansion of power generation capacity from 8 MW to 48 MW. Atha Group is focused on transforming NPSPL into a power and steel giant, making it the flagship platform for the group’s growing presence in the energy sector. NPSPL will play a key role in realizing the group’s vision of becoming a formidable player in the energy space.
The company is ISO 9001:2008 as well as ISO 14001:2004 certified, and places strong emphasis on quality infrastructure, with a keen focus on safety, health, and environmental protection.
The company also plans to establish a 4 MTPA Iron Ore Pelletisation Plant within the vacant land in Dhenkanal, with an investment of Rs. 625 crores, which was approved by the Government of Odisha on 28.09.2018. The pelletisation plant will receive iron ore fines via a proposed iron ore slurry pipeline from a beneficiation plant located in the Koida sector of Sundargarh District, Odisha. The beneficiation plant will have a capacity of 4 MTPA, and the slurry pipeline—of matching capacity—will connect the beneficiation and pelletisation processes across 198 km, following a smooth gradient within the Government-approved ROW (Right of Way) / ROU (Right of Use).
Around 150 acres of industrial land for the beneficiation plant and 151 acres of ROW/ROU land for the slurry pipeline have already been allocated by the Government of Odisha, with a proposed investment of Rs. 850 crores.
East Coast Railway has also granted approval for the establishment of a private railway siding adjacent to the steel complex in Dhenkanal. The siding is located on the main railway line connecting Paradeep to Jharsuguda. The pelletisation plant and railway siding will be connected via a 1.2 km overhead product conveyor for the mechanised evacuation of pellets, which is part of the proposed Mechanical Evacuation System.