Stamicarbon to licence technology for India urea plant

Talcher Fertilizers Limited a Joint Venture Company (JVC) promoted by  GAIL, CIL, RCF and FCIL was formed to revive FCIL’s Talcher fertilizer  unit in the Angul district of Odisha. Currently GAIL holds 29.67% in  this JVC. The company plans to produce approx. 1.26 MMTPA of urea using  coal as feedstock. The plant shall employ coal gasification technology  for production of urea with an estimated cost of more than INR 11,600  crore. In principle approval allocation of North Arkhapal Coal Mine  (50%) to Talcher Fertilizers Ltd. (TFL) has been received along with  bridge linkage coal for initial years. M/s PDIL is assisting TFL for  this project. The project is targeted for completion by 2021.