Steel executives jittery over proposed Mittal’s steel plant in Anakapalli
We have appealed to the governments to take a note of RINL’s iron ore issue before finalising anything on Mittal’s steel plant in Anakapalli, says association general secretary
The Visakhapatnam Steel Executive Association (VSEA) has expressed concern over the supply of iron ore to the RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) due to the proposed ArcelorMittal & Nippon Steel’s plant at Anakapalli, which is under considering stage at governments’ level.

According to VSEA general secretary K.V.D. Prasad, the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has been supplying iron ore to RINL from its mines in Bailadila, for years. In fact, RINL chose these mines here because of the huge high-quality of iron ore reserves available at Bailadila. The Kothavalasa-Kirandul railway line was also specially built before independence to transport iron ore from Bailadila to Visakhapatnam port. The same railway line is the lifeline for the Vizag steel also.