By not agreeing to downsize the earlier plan of establishing a 12 mtpa facility and wanting  to set  up  the greenfield steel plant near Paradip in expanded  phases,  Posco-India has only added to the  uncertainty over the project. It was broadly expected that in Wednesday's meeting with the Chief Minister, Posco will be in accord for a downsizing. Even the South Korean envoy had recently favoured downsizing if land as desired was not made available.

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