December 03, 2008

Emami’s Haldia bio diesel plant to be completed by March

It is reported that Kolkata based Emami Group is planning to commence its operations at its Haldia bio diesel plant in Midnapore district of West Bengal by end of March 2008.

The 40 acre plant is set with an investment of INR 150 crore and will have a capacity of producing 100,000 tonnes per annum of bio diesel. The equipment at the proposed plant has been imported from Italy.

For feeding the bio diesel plant with adequate supply of feedstock, Emami is looking at entering into Jatropha cultivation over an area of 100,000 acre in West Bengal, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh.