By India Blooms News Service Nov 03, 2022
Jamshedpur: Tata Steel today dispatched the first-ever consignment of Tata Aggreto, the companys branded steel slag aggregates to Border Roads Organisation (BRO) for the construction of roads in Arunachal Pradesh under Project Arunank, according to a press release.
By supplying a value-added industrial by-product for road construction, Tata Steel has reiterated its commitment to building a more sustainable steel sector by adopting the principles of circular economy and has also pioneered in a nation building initiative, the company said.
The first rake of Tata Aggreto (branded Steel Slag Aggregates) was virtually flagged off by Dr. Jitendra Singh, honorable Minister of Science Technology, and physically by Uttam Singh, Vice-President Iron Making, Tata Steel, Manoranjan Parida, Director CSIR-CRRI, Rajesh Kumar, EIC IBMD Tata Steel and Satish Pandey, Principal Scientist, CRRI, Col. Naveen Kumar Sah, Director Works Planning, Project Arunank from Platform Number 4 at Tatanagar Railway station.
Senior officials from BRO, Tata Steel, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI), Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India and NITI Aayog were also present.
Dr V K Saraswat, Member, NITI Aayog, Dr N Kalaiselvi, Director General, CSIR, Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhary, Director General, BRO were also connected virtually during the function.
Uttam Singh, Vice-President of Iron Making, Tata Steel said, The slag we are now sending to BRO for building roads in Arunachal Pradesh is a great example of how circular economy works at Tata Steel. We are committed to deliver sustainable products having minimal ecological footprint by adopting newer technologies and developing new products applications.
He further said that We are happy to note that Border Roads Organization (BRO) under Arunank Division in association with CRRI will be constructing roads in Arunachal Pradesh and we are proud to partner in this pioneering initiative for nation-building.
With Zero Waste goal, Tata Steel has created a dedicated profit centre for by-products management Industrial By-Product Management Division (IBMD) to ensure efficient by-products management, read the release.
The by-products are processed to maximize their value so that they can be recycled or reused in various applications. In the year 2018, Tata Steel launched Tata Aggreto, Indias first branded product manufactured from processed steel slag.
The introduction of this brand has been part of Tata Steels journey of excellence and value creation for its customers.
Tata Steel has also commissioned a first-of-its-kind accelerated weathering facility through steam aging at both Jamshedpur Kalinganagar for the processing of steel slag.
Tata Aggreto has been extensively used in construction of National Highways, State Highways, City and Rural Roads in Jharkhand and Odisha.
NH33 is Indias first National highway constructed using processed Steel Slag.
Over 40 km stretch of NH33 has been constructed utilizing approx. a million tonnes of Tata Aggreto.
In recognition of our efforts to promote Circular Economy, Tata Steel has received prestigious awards including and especially CII 3R award in 2020 and 2021, FICCI Indian Circular Economy award 2021, Most Innovative project award at CII National awards for Environmental Best Practices 2022, read the release.
Tata Steels Industrial By-products Management Division will be supplying ~1200 tonnes of processed steel slag aggregates to the BRO project in Arunachal Pradesh.
The success of this initiative will open new avenues for sustainable utilization of Steel Slag in road construction near Border areas.