L&T consortium bags Tata Steel blast furnace deal

Tata Iron and Steel Company (Tata Steel) has placed an order for a new 2.5 million tonne per annum (MTPA) blast furnace with a group of engineering companies headed by Larsen & Toubro (L&T).

"The 2.5 MTPA blast furnace order given to the consortium of L&T, Paul Wurth-Italia and Paul Wurth-India is part of the next phase of the company's expansion plans," Tisco said in a release issued to the BSE today.

This is the second major order in this phase of expansion as it had placed order for the 2 MTPA sinter plant with L&T and Outokumpu, the release added.