The plant also has a well equipped fully functional Research and Development Centre which has been instrumental in the setting up of a successful mineral processing unit and has also allowed the company to tread in to the steel manufacturing industry successfully.

The pilot project that was setup for 0.1 million Tons P.A capacity under the guidance of Prof. G.G Roy Dept of Metallurgy IIT Khargapur, has been successful and has exceeded all the expectations with the technological breakthrough in the process of Iron ore reduction or Sponge iron manufacturing through a tunnel kiln instead of the conventional rotary kiln.  The invention is clean, energy efficient and eco-friendly and can be adapted remote regions with lack or scarcity of water.

The innovation & added capacity in production will enable the company to use the entire production of Iron ore produced at the mines for manufacturing sponge iron and further production billets by end of 2016 by adopting the means of forward integration.