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 == Paper industry ==
 Pandiyan paper company and other private companies has a manufacturing facility in Salem for Paperboards & Speciality Paper division.<ref>[https://www.justdial.com/Salem/Paper-Manufacturers/nct-10353534 Paper company in Salem] , Paper production units in Salem</ref>
+== Electricity generation ==
+The Mettur Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired [[electric power station]] located in [Thoppur-Mettur Dam-Bhavani-Erode Rd, Mettur, Tamil Nadu 636406] Salem district of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is operated by [[Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited]]. The power station was commissioned during various periods from 1987 and this is the first inland thermal Power Station of [[TANGEDCO]].The coal from [[Mahanadi Coalfields Limited]] (Talcher and Ib Valley) and [[Eastern Coalfields Limited]] (Raniganj and Mugma) are transported to the load ports of Paradip ([[Orissa, India|Orissa]]), [[Visakhapatnam Port|Vizag]] ([[Andhra Pradesh]]) and [[Haldia]] ([[West Bengal]]).  Thereafter the coal is transported to the discharge ports of [[Ennore]] and [[Tuticorin]] by ships.  From Ennore Port the coal is transported again through rail to [[Ennore Thermal Power Station]] and Mettur Thermal Power Station.<ref name="tangedco.gov.in">{{cite web|last=Thermal|first=Power Station|title=tangedco|url=http://www.tangedco.gov.in/linkpdf/tmtps.pdf|accessdate=11 May 2012}}</ref>
+[[BGR Energy Systems Ltd]] was the EPC contractor for 600 MW unit 5 of the power plant.<ref>http://www.tangedco.gov.in/ptr3.php</ref>
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