more-inSrikalahasti Pipes Ltd. (SPL)will be expanding its coke oven plant in the next nine months and its power plant by March 2019 for which it will be investing about ₹80 crore, said a top official. “We have committed to invest about ₹80 crore for expanding coke oven and power plant capacity near Srikalahasti in Chittoor district,” said G.S. Rathi, whole-time director, SPL, an associate company of Electrosteel Castings Ltd. “We have already commenced the expansion work of coke oven plant, costing ₹65 crore. It will be completed by March 2018.”The expansion will take the installed capacity of coke oven plant from 2.25 lakh tonnes per annum to 2.75 lakh tonnes per annum. However, things changed after the plant was acquired by Electrosteel Castings which established the coke oven plant.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2017 16:41 UTC