TATA Steel is all set to sign up with the China-based Anshan Coking & Refractory Engineering (ACRE) and the Chinese arm of Germany-based company Koch for the import of technology and equipment for a 1.5 million tonne per annum capacity coke oven plant to be set up at its proposed 6 million tonne, INR 15,000 crore steel facility at Kalinga Nagar in Orissa. The estimated size of the contract is INR 500 crore. While Anshan Coking will supply the main battery, Koch will supply machinery for the coke oven plant. TATA Steel is likely to sign the contracts with the companies during week 41. The coke oven plant will consist of 2 stamp charged batteries. While ACRE and Koch would supply the technology and some key equipment for the plant. The annual 1.5 million tonne coke output from the plant is expected to meet the first phase requirement of the steel project. TATA Steel would set up the 6 million tonne plant in 2 phases of 3 million tonne each. It has finalised technology and equipment supply for various units of the steel project, such as sinter plant, blast furnace, steel melting shop, slab caster and has placed orders for civil and structural packages worth nearly INR 6000 crore.