Steel baron LN Mittal to discuss with Odisha CM on Kendrapara project

Bhubaneswar: Lakshmi Niwas Mittal, executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, will meet Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday.

LN Mittal will also visit Kendrapara today where the proposed 12MTPA steel plant with an investment of Rs 50000 crore is to be set up.

In March this year, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India inked an agreement with the Odisha government for setting up a 12 mtpa integrated steel plant in Kendrapada with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore.

ArcelorMittal India Pvt Ltd has bagged the Thakurani iron ore block in Odisha.