Goa Carbon Ltd had earlier announced about the temporary shut-down of operations at the company's Goa unit with effect from 25th March 2020 as a safety measure and for containment of the spread of COVID-19.

 

Pursuant to the permission received from the local authorities, the company has resumed operations at the company's Goa unit located at St. Jose de Areal, Salcete, Goa from 19th April 2020 after taking necessary measures, the company said.

 

Goa Carbon Limited is an Indian petrochemical company and is engaged in the manufacture and marketing of calcined petroleum coke. The company's calcination plant of  75,000 tpa capacity is located in southern Goa, 40 kms away from the Mormugao port. The Goa plant has the largest mechanical sieving and screening facilities for petcoke in India. The company also has two other plants, at Bilaspur in Chattisgarh and at Paradeep in Orissa.

 

The company is a regular supplier to aluminium smelters, graphite electrode and Titanium Dioxide manufacturers, as well as other users in the matallurgical and chemical industries.