Rama Phosphate - Pune


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Owner	Rama Phosphate Limited
Location	Loni Kalbhor Solapur Road Haveli, PUNE 412 221 Maharashtra India
Background	-
Website	www.ramaphosphates.com
Plant	Pune Plant
Coordinates*	18° 29' 26" N, 74° 1' 50" E
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	81,600 MTPA
SA/DA	-
Status	Operating
Year Built	-
Technology	-
Contractor	-
Remarks	Products - Sulphuric Acid - Oleum Turbo-generator Sulphuric acid has been produced at the site since 1967 Rama started fertilizer production at the site in 1982
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General	Rama Phosphates Limited is one of the leading fertilizer manufacturing company in India. It is a public limited company with stocks listed on stock exchanges. Rama Phosphates is in existence for last 21 years and one of its units at Pune is in existence for last 40 years and pioneer in India. RPL is listed public limited company in Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange and other stock exchanges in India. RPL has two manufacturing wings viz., a) Fertilizer and b) Edible oil. The Company is engaged in manufacturing phosphatic fertilizers viz. Single Super Phosphate (Powder as well as Granule), Mixed fertilizers namely NPK and Chemicals like Sulphuric Acid, Oleum etc. The total installed capacity of the Company is 4.63 lac MTs of Single Super Phosphate and 1.83 lac MT of Sulphuric Acid. RPL is one of the largest manufacturers in India. The products of RPL are marketed in various States in the country under brand name of “Girnar” and “Suryaphool”. Both the brands are leading brands in the States of Maharashtra, M.P., Chhatisgarh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana, Gujarat, etc. The Company’s Pune plant is one of the oldest SSP plant in India with existence of over 40 years, popularly known as “Rama Krishi Rasayan”. The plant is situated on the outskirts of city of Pune in Maharashtra and is fully integrated plant with all requisite facilities such as Railway siding, Sulphuric Acid plant, Oleum plant, SSP plant, Granulation plant, Mixed fertilizers plant, Packing plants etc. The total capacity of the plant is 1,65,000 MT of SSP and 350 TPD of GSSP, 150 TPD of Mixed fertilizers and 81600 MT of Sulphuric Acid & Oleum. The plant also has its own captive TG power generation system wherein electricity is generated exo-thermically in the process of production of Sulphuric Acid which partly caters to the requirement of entire plant. In addition, company has its own DG set which can cater to the requirement of the plant in case of emergency. The availability of Railway siding and strategic location of the plant has put the company in most advantageous position as it can transport its basic raw material Rock Phosphate from the mines located far away in Rajasthan as also imported Rock phosphate from nearby ports of Mumbai and also transportation of its finished goods by rail to strategic locations situated in different parts of the country.
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News	February 13, 2023 - Rama Phosphates is planning to set up a fertiliser unit at Nardana in the Dhule district of Maharashtra. The company has scheduled the work on the project to commence in Q2/FY24. The proposed unit will cover over 51.98 acres of land parcel and will include a sewage treatment plant (STP) with a capacity of 25 klpd. The project will provide direct work for 100 people and indirect employment for 562 people. The project will be executed in two phases. Phase-I comprises a Single Super Phosphate Fertiliser (GSSP) with an 18,000 MTPA capacity, a Single Super Phosphate Fertiliser (SSP) with an 18,000 MTPA capacity, a Fortified Zincated & Boranated Fertiliser with a 2,16,000 MTPA capacity, a Phospho Gypsum with a 1,500 MTPA capacity, and a Sulphuric Acid Plant with a 7,500 MTPA capacity. The required total freshwater of 80 KLD will be sourced through MIDC, and the power requirement of 2,500 KW met through MSEDCL. In February 2022, Rama Phosphates received approval from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to develop Phase-I. The company has already acquired land from MIDC for the project. Moreover, the company has also received Terms of reference (TOR) for the project in June 2022. February 17, 2022 - Rama Phosphates has acquired land admeasuring 210377 Sq. Mts. (51.98 Acre) from Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), Nardana Industrial Area, Dhule District which is bordered by Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat State and the Capital investment for the entire project would be in Phase manner. Further, to this connection the Company has obtained consent to establish Phase I from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to manufacture Single Super Phosphate (SSP) including Fortified Zincated & Boranated fertilizer with Capacity of 216000 MTPA & Sulphuric Acid Plant with Capacity of 90000 MTPA and the Capital Investment of the Phase I project is Rs. 48.954 crore. The Company is at advanced stage of finalizing the Plant and Machinery and consequently Company is targeting to commence the production by the end of FY 2023.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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