Essar Steel commissioned 0.87-million-tonne corex module

NEW DELHI: Essar Steel, the Ruia-promoted steel plant, has commissioned a 0.87-million-tonne corex module at Hazira. This is part of the steelmaker's ongoing Rs 17,000-crore expansion which will take the capacity from 4.6 million tonne to 10 million tonne. According to a statement issued on Thursday, a second corex module of similar capacity is to be commissioned shortly.

The non-coking coal technology has been built with significant lower investment and and operating costs than that of blast furnace. Essar’s steel plant at Hazira will become the country’s largest single location flat steel facility when complete, said the statement. Major facilities are expected to be commissioned by March 2012, said Essar.