Sanand likely to get Posco's $20 mn steel plant

Posco's Sanand unit will be its second still unit in India after Maharashtra's Pune

South Korean steel giant Posco has narrowed down on Sanand (Gujarat) for setting up its steel coil unit at an investment of USD 20 million.

"Posco will initiate a steel processing unit, for that they had made a proposal to GIDC. They are most likely to set up the unit at Sanand town. They (Posco) will soon make a formal application, which will probably be finalised by next week," highly-placed sources in the Gujarat government said.

Posco's Sanand unit will be their second still unit in India after Maharashtra's Pune, added the source.

As per sources in state government, Posco's steel coil unit will come up in 30,000 square metre area and will have the capacity of around 10,000 matric tonne annually.

The Posco plant is likely to produce steel coils for the automobiles, considering the grand presence of the sector in Gujarat, said the sources.

Republic of Korea's envoy Joongyu Lee had earlier said that Posco will establish a steel coil mill in Gujarat with investment of around USD 20 million in Gujarat.