Gujarat NRE Coke Limited

Domestic Operation

Low-ash Metallurgical Coke (LAMC) Plants
Coal Washery
Steel Plant
Power Project

Low-ash Metallurgical Coke (LAMC) Plants

At Gujarat NRE Coke, we take pride in our large-scale, dispersed customer-centric facilities. In a business where scale and size are critical to capitalize on the scope, we have a capacity of 1.43 Million Tonnes Per Annum (MTPA) LAMC production, which makes us the largest independent producer of low ash metallurgical coke (Met Coke) in India. Scale provides the company with operating economies, which not only help in amortising overhead costs across a large production volume, but also help in maximizing profitability during industry peaks.

Khambhalia Unit

The Company’s first manufacturing facility, located at Khambhalia, Jamnagar, in Gujarat, started production of LAM Coke in 1994-95 with 3 chimneys and an installed capacity of 0.1 Million Tonne per annum (MTPA). The company undertook a steady plan for capacity expansion from 1999-2000, thereby adding more chimneys and ovens to the existing facility. The plant is now in operation with 11 chimneys with 260 ovens having an installed capacity of 0.358 Million MTPA.

Bhachau Unit

In the first quarter of 2004, Gujarat NRE Coke set up a green-field project for manufacture of LAM Coke at Bhachau, in Gujarat having an installed capacity of 0.324 MTPA. The plant is located near the port of Kandla and facilitates access of the company’s product to the starving North Indian market because of its excellent rail/road connectivity. It uses non-recovery technology of coke manufacture and with the coal from Australia, manufactures coke of the finest quality, known for their low ash content and high calorific value. The new unit consists of 9 chimneys with 260 ovens. The plant started production in March 2004 and achieved full capacity utilization by March 2005.

Dharwad Unit

The company’s third coke making facility is in Dharwad in Karnataka. The plant has an installed capacity of 0.248 MTPA. The plant is built with state of the art technology and has an R&D centre for constant quality monitoring and to promote innovations in coke making process. The plant is ideally located with all the coke consuming units within a radius of 300 Km from our site. Recent work on the Kyarkopa Railway siding has also been completed, thereby increasing efficiency of operation.

Leased Units

Apart from the above, the company has taken many coke making facilities on lease in Bhachau and Dharwad. The total capacity of the leased units aggregates to 0.454 MTPA. The installed capacity of the leased units in Dharwad is of 0.324 MTPA and that of Bhachau is of 0.18 MTPA.

The total installed capacity of Low Ash Metallurgical Coke of Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd thus stands at 1.43 MTPA.

Coal Washery

Coking coal imported from Australia is washed and screened at the coal washeries adjacent to the company’s existing coke plants in Gujarat. Two coal washeries with installed capacity of 0.75 MTPA each are fully operational in Khambhalia as well as in Bhachau in Gujarat. A third coal washery of capacity 0.90 MTPA has come into operation in Dharwad in Karnataka. The total installed capacity of coal washeries of Gujarat NRE Coke Ltd thus stands at 2.40 MTPA. The coal washery is an excellent value adder to the manufacturing process – instead of being located in the pit head in Australia, where both the capital and revenue cost would have been much higher, locating them closer to the coke manufacturing facilities ensures the use of in house raw material, thereby reducing cost.

Steel Plant

Gujarat NRE operates a state of the art steel plant of rolled and alloy steel products of installed capacity of 0.311 MMTPA at Bhachau in Gujarat. Gujarat NRE TMT bars are manufactured with high quality Herbert Rothe Technology from Germany, and the rolling mill is fully automatic with PLC and computer controlled systems. NRE TMT bars are of high strength, excellent bend property, corrosion resistant, weldable, earthquake resistant with excellent bond strength and no tendency of embrittlement during use. The company has also installed a state of the art laboratory to ensure quality of highest standard.

Power Projects

As a responsible corporate citizen, Gujarat NRE has always made conscious efforts to employ environment friendly practices and energy conservation measures. In pursuance of the above agenda, Gujarat NRE has set up wind power projects of installed capacity of 87.5 MW. The green energy from the wind turbines are being used for captive consumption.

In addition to the wind power project, the company is commissioning power plants with a projected capacity of 60 MW through waste heat recovery. The cogenerated power plants are being located near the coke manufacturing facilities of Khambhalia, Bhachau and Dharwad and would be used for captive consumption.