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Essar Steel Commissions Compact Strip Production Mill

04/15/2011 - Essar Steel has commissioned its Compact Strip Production mill with a capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), which is part of the company’s plans to expand its steel production capacity at its Hazira complex from 4.6 to 10 MTPA.

Essar Steel has commissioned its Compact Strip Production (CSP) mill with a capacity of 3.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), which is part of the company’s plans for expanding its steel production capacity at its Hazira complex from 4.6 to 10 MTPA. The expansion is at a cost of Rs 13,500 crores; total investment in Essar’s Hazira steel complex is Rs 30,000 crores.
 
The company claims that this will be India’s largest flat steel facility at any single location and among the 10 largest facilities in the world. It will also be fully integrated and produce the entire range of flat products.
 
The plant is capable of producing strips of thickness as low as 0.8 mm. The CSP mill is equipped with an advanced level automation system supplied by SMS Siemag, Germany. The products from the mill have diverse applications in general engineering, hydrocarbon industry, automotive industry, and also for LPG, welded tubes, and electrical steel. The mill is capable of producing high-strength steels including dual-phase steel.
 
As part of this expansion, Essar Steel has already commissioned two iron-making units—a blast furnace with a capacity of 1.73 MTPA and a DRI unit of 1.74 MTPA, a Conarc furnace of 2.5 MTPA, and a continuous caster of 1.45 MTPA. The company also recently commissioned India’s first 5-m-wide plate mill with a capacity of 1.5 MTPA and a pipe mill with an annual capacity of 0.6 MTPA.
  
Essar Steel, a global producer of steel with a production capacity of 14 MTPA, is a fully integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer with a presence in North America, Europe, Middle East and South East Asia, U.K., UAE, and Indonesia. It is a versatile flat steel producer with integrated facilities from 5-m-wide plates, hot rolling, cold rolling, galvanizing and color coating, pipes with a full distribution business consisting of steel processing, distribution centers and retail outlets under the brand Essar Hypermart. It operates eight steel processing and distribution centers globally with an aggregate capacity of over 3 million tonnes.