Jindal Ferrous Limited has started up a new carbon steel plant at Jajpur in Odisha, India. The company invested about ₹5,000 crore, roughly $527 million. The plant can make 2.2 million metric tons of steel a year using a blast furnace, sinter plant & basic oxygen furnace. It uses advanced automation & recycles waste & gases to save energy & raw materials. Japan's JFE Steel is providing technical help to speed up the start. The project marks the Jindal Stainless group's first move into carbon steel.