Posted on 20 Jan 2012
Essar Steel Ltd, an Essar Group company, has completed capacity expansion at Hazira complex taking the total installed capacity to 10 million tonnes per annum (MTPA). Essar Projects India Limited (EPIL) handed over newly constructed capacity of 5 MTPA to ESL on Wednesday. With the expansion, the total investment in the integrated facilities of Essar Steel at Hazira has risen to Rs 37,500 crore.
Completion of the project with an annual capacity of 10 MTPA makes the Hazira Steel Complex in Gujarat the largest single location flat steel producer in India and the fourth largest single location flat steel producer globally, the company said in a statement.
