<h1>Private steel plant halts pellet plant after furnace accident killed six, injures six; internal inquiry and safety overhaul underway</h1> A private steel plant operator is conducting an internal inquiry after an accident inside a furnace at its Chhattisgarh facility that killed six people-four officials and two workers-and injured six others, including a senior manager. The company has halted operations of the iron ore pellet plant until the inquiry, due diligence to determine the root cause, and resetting of refractory lining are complete, while other manufacturing units (another pellet plant, DRI, SMS) continue to run. The operator expressed condolences and said it will take measures to prevent recurrence.