Epsilon Carbon, India’s biggest manufacturer of coal tar pitch (CTP), on November 2 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth $20 million with Aluminium Bahrain or Alba to explore a long-term supply arrangement for liquid coal tar pitch, on the sidelines of Gateway Gulf 2025 event. The company is looking at significantly enhancing its CTP production capacity to 300,000 tonnes by next to cater to growing demand from Middle East.

Coal tar pitch (CTP) is a crucial industrial material obtained from the thermal processing of coal. It’s used to manufacture the carbon anodes and cathodes required for the smelting of aluminium; and for manufacturing EV batteries.

Epsilon Carbon has a manufacturing unit in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. They have been expanding their battery material

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