Petro Carbon and Chemicals Limited was incorporated as ‘Petro Carbon and Chemicals Private Limited’ in Kolkata, West Bengal as a limited company within the meaning of Companies Act 2013, pursuant to a certificate of incorporation dated November 05, 2007 Issued by Deputy Registrar of Companies, West Bengal. Thereafter, the company was converted from a private limited company to a public limited company pursuant to a special resolution passed in the extraordinary general meeting of its Shareholders held on January 09, 2024, and consequently, the name of the company was changed to Petro Carbon and Chemicals Limited, and a fresh certificate of incorporation dated February 23, 2024 was Issued by the RoC to the Company.

Petro Carbon and Chemicals (PCCL) is a ATHA Group Company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) in the carbon industry. Atha Group is a multi-product, multi-technology, multi-location business conglomerate. It is a 70 year-old diversified Indian business house headquartered in Kolkata. The Group was founded in the year 1957 in Odisha as a Mining and Minerals company. Since the last decade, the group has been focusing towards its growth strategy of business diversification, forward and backward integrations and acquisition of projects, which has significantly helped the group maintain consistency in performance and growth.

The company’s business model is fundamentally a B2B model wherein it majorly supplies its end product CPC, to the renowned, aluminum manufacturing government companies, graphite electrodes and titanium dioxide manufacturers as well as other users in the metallurgical, chemical industries and other steel manufacturing companies. In 2018, the company was honoured with the prestigious Nalco Vikreta Utkarsh Puraskar, recognizing it as the top supplier among all the suppliers of POL (Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants) by the National Aluminium Company.

Business area of the company

The company is engaged in the production of CPC for the carbon industry. The company produces calcined petroleum coke, commonly known as CPC, from raw petroleum coke (RPC), also known as green petroleum coke, for use in the manufacture and production of aluminum, steel and various other carbon-based products. 

Awards and Accreditation

• 2018: The company was honoured with the prestigious NALCO VIKRETA UTKARSH PURASKAR, recognizing it as the top supplier among all the suppliers of POL (Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants) by the National Aluminium Company.

History and milestones

• 1975: PCCL’s plant was operational since this year, wherein the detailed engineering and layout of the plant was done by Engineers India Limited. 
• 2007: The company incorporated with the name of Petro Carbon and Chemicals Private Limited. 
• 2018: The company was honoured with the prestigious NALCO VIKRETA UTKARSH PURASKAR, recognizing the company as the top supplier among all the suppliers of POL (Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants) by the National Aluminium Company Limited. 
• 2024: The company was converted from Private Limited Company to Public Limited Company.