 "Kirloskar Ferrous to increase pig iron capacity by 31,000 MTPA")
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd, a Kirloskar Group Company, will carry out upgradation work at its Koppal plant in Karnataka to raise the pig iron capacity at the site by 31,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) with an investment of around Rs 36 crores.
“We wish to inform that one mini blast furnace (MBF-I) of the company situated at Koppal plant in Karnataka has been shut down from today, ie September 19, 2016, for around 85 days on account of MBF-I upgrade,” said the company in a BSE filing.
The MBF-I upgrade will involve changing of outer shell of the furnace along with new refractory brick relining internally. “After upgradation, the liquid metal production capacity (for manufacturing pig iron) in respect of MBF-I will increase from 180,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA) to 211,400 MTPA and consequently total production capacity of two mini-blast furnaces at the company level will increase from 360,000 MTPA to 391,400 MTPA,” the company added.
Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd is promoted by Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited and Shivaji Works Limited. In addition to Koppal, the company has another manufacturing plant at Sholapur in Maharashtra.
