Russian Ambassador visits Steel Plant
Holds discussions with VSP officials

VSP celebrates RINL Formation Day
VSP CMD speaks on ambitious growth plan

VSP bags Award in National conference on e-Governance
Union Minister presents award

Steel Plant registers Rs.1,062 crore sales turnover
Largest turnover since inception of the plant

RINL ties up with SAIL
MoU for acquisition of high-grade limestone

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant bags sustainability award for 2006-07
Director (Operations) PK Mishra receives the award

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant CMD awarded Gold Medal
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh handed over at 95th ISC

Roof of a madapam under construction caved in
Laborers dies, 16 others injured

RINL and NTPC bags CII awards
Visakhapatnam Industries continues to gain national attention

Commercial Taxes Department issues order to freeze the VSP bank accounts
Claims VSP is due to pay Rs.500 crores

VSP employees to get Rs.14,000 as bonus
Agreement reached at a tripartite meeting

VSP bags four Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskars
Awards meant in innovative suggestions in steel-related techniques

VSP signs MoU with BHEL for power expansion
Order worth over Rs. 394 crores

All VSP News Archives

Visakhapatnam, May 11, 2007

Contract worth Rs. 1500 crore for third blast furnace

The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) has entered into an agreement with a consortium comprising Paul Wurth of Italy and Larson and Turbo for the construction of the third blast furnace which is the crucial component for the expansion project. This award of the contract is believed to be the biggest in the history of the steel plant. The contract also includes a foreign component of Rs. 600 crore.

According to sources, the project includes all civil, structural, electrical and automation works for commissioning of blast furnace whose volume is 3800 cubic metres with a production capacity of 2.5 million tons. The Executive Director (Projects) of VSP AK Banerjee signed the agreement and exchanged the documents with Paul Wurth senior vice president Franco Mura in the presence of the Chairman and Managing Director of VSP, PK Bishnoi.

Meanwhile, the works related to fourth coke oven battery nearly completion. The last silica refractory brick considered as a milestone was laid on Friday by AK Banerjee. The total quality of SRB involved in the project is 14,500 metric tons. The project is likely to be completed by end of July 2007.

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