Linde is scaling up its supply of industrial gases to support India’s stainless steel industry following the expansion of its existing long-term agreement with one of India’s largest stainless steel producers, said Gasworld.
Building upon a previous agreement, Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) purchase oxygen, nitrogen and argon from Linde to be used at its air separation unit (ASU) at the Kalinganagar Industrial Estate in Odisha, East India.
The expansion will see Linde triple the plant’s capacity by building a second ASU, a move that aims to support the ‘significant’ expansion of JSL’s facility upon its start up in the first half of 2024.
Commenting on the new deal, Moloy Banerjee, President ASEAN & South Asia, Linde, said, “We are proud to develop our partnership with JSL as it embarks on a significant expansion of its stainless steel production facility at Kalinganagar."
“By building additional capacity to support JSL’s growth, we will increase Linde’s own network density in one of India’s most important industrial regions."
Industrial gases are essential to produce stainless steel. A key component in Linde’s Argon Oxygen Decarburisation technology, argon is used to create over 75% of world’s stainless steel.
As per MRC, Linde has completed their efforts as part of implementing the Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC) construction project. "Linde has completed its work within the AGCC project framework. We are dealing with its adaptation to new conditions together with partners from Sinopec," the Russian chemical giant said. Early in 2020, Linde made the contract for provision of pyrolysis services for AGCC. The Amur Gas Chemical Complex is the joint venture of Sibur (60%) and China’s Sinopec (40%) for polyethylene and polypropylene production. The capacity of the plant will be up to 2.7 mln tonnes of polymers annually.
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