Essar Steel's capacity expansion at its Hazira plant is almost complete, while all its units at Hazira (steel plant) will be commissioned in a month or so, excluding coke-oven battery, which will be commissioned in 2012.
This capacity expansion, will take its total production capacity to 10 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).The company has earlier reported that it would be investing about Rs 30,000 crore to have a total production capacity of 10 MTPA in its integrated plant at Hazira, Gujarat by the end of this fiscal. The company further aims to commission a Corex module capacity of 1.74 MTPA and CSP Caster and mill of 3.5 MTPA capacities by the current fiscal-end.
The company recently has already constructed 12 MTPA pellet plant at Paradip, Orissa and has also got its mechanical commissioning started. Post-commissioning, the company will have a total pelletisation capacity of 20 MTPA as it already has an 8 MTPA pellet plant at Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. Pellet, made from iron ore, is a processed raw material used for steel making.
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