Southern Magnesium & Chemicals Ltd

Southern Magnesium & Chemicals Ltd

Incorporated in Feb.'85 Southern Magnesium & Chemicals (SMCL) is promoted by N B Prasad Ram N Prasad N Rajender Prasad and N Ravi Prasad. The company set up a project at Gowripatnam Andhra Pradesh to manufacture megnesium metal in a joint venture with the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation. The company acquired a pilot plant set up the National Metallurgical Laboratory for the manufacture of magnesium by Pidgeon process with a capacity of 200 tpa. The company then carried out necessary alterations modifications additions and enhanced the capacity to 600 tpa. Commercial production commenced in 1990.SMCL came out with a public issue in Dec.'93 to diverisify into the production of various down stream products like magnesium granules magnesium powder magnesium alloy and magnesium extrusion.In 1994-95 the company had set up a magnesium metal plant in Bahrain an overseas client. In 1995-96 two new reduction furnaces were commissioned and a third was commissioned on Nov.'96/Dec.'96.The company commissioned Gas based generating sets in Dec 1997 and also set up a carbon-di-oxide plant. It has further set up a pilot plant for production of magnesium carbonate from calcined dolomite and carbon-di-oxide both of which are already available at its plant site to strengthen its activities.