December 02, 2008

SAIL BSP awards coal plant handling order to HEC

IANS reported that Heavy Engineering Corporation has got a work order worth INR 10.53 billion from SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant. This will be the biggest ever work order in the history of HEC.

The turnkey work comprises designing, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the coal plant. HEC will have to complete the work in a period of 30 months.

Mr Abhay Kanth company secretary of HEC said that "In the recent tender for the augmentation of raw material receipt and handling facilities of the Bhilai Steel Plant, HEC was declared the lowest bidder at INR 1053 crore amid stiff competition from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.”
He added that earlier, HEC had bagged the work order of BSL worth INR 7.7 billion for manufacturing of raw material and coal handling plant. When we get the work order of INR 1053 crore, then our total work order will cross INR 3,000 crore."