Vizag Steel plant expansion

Visakhapatnam: As part of the expansion project, the civil works for the mechanical, biological and chemical treatment plant at the fourth coke oven battery began at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant.

Mr A.K. Banerjee, Executive Director (Projects), inaugurated the civil works of the Rs 55-crore project awarded to HSCL. The project is scheduled to be completed by June 2009. The capacity of the Visakhapatnam steel plant is being enhanced to 6.3 million tonnes from the present 3 mt at a cost of Rs 8,600 crore.