BHEL despatches consignment

The Tiruchirappalli unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) dispatched the first consignment of foundation material to Mahan Aluminium in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh. BHEL had bagged the captive power plant order in two parts from Hindalco — for setting up 12 sets of 150 Mw units at Mahan Aluminium and Aditya Aluminium in Sambalpur district of Orissa, valued at Rs 4,015 crore. These captive power plants of 900 Mw each are key to the expansion plans of Hindalco, which is setting up aluminium smelters of 360,000 tonnes per annum each at both these locations.