Essar Steel starts first Corex module at Hazira

Essar Steel, steel producing arm of Essar Group has commissioned a Corex module at Hazira complex in Gujarat having a capacity of 0.87 million tonnes per annum (MTPA).

With this, iron making capacity of the company has reached over 9.5 MTPA. A second Corex module of 0.87 MTPA is expected to be commissioned shortly, the company informed in a statement.

The move comes as a part of Essar's expansion programme for increasing its steel production capacity from 4.6 MTPA to 10 MTPA at the Hazira complex.

The overall expansion including downstream facilities at Hazira is being done at a cost Rs 17,000 crores. The first tap of hot metal from Corex was successfully converted into saleable product, which is a remarkable achievement, the statement said.

Essar Steel has earlier commissioned blast furnace and a DRI module at its Hazira facility.