Welspun Corp. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Welspun Mettalics Ltd commissioned its coke oven plant at Anjar in Gujarat, said company in a release.
According to Welspun Corp, the plant will produce coke for use in the blast furnace to create hot metal and has a capacity of 2,10,000 metric tonnes per year.
According to managing director and CEO Vipul Mathur, the coke oven will aid the business in reducing its input costs.
Mathur called it a significant accomplishment and added that the coke oven will aid in producing ductile iron pipes of the highest calibre.
In July, Welspun Corp. commissioned a blast furnace, a sinter plant, and a TMT bar manufacturing facility at its Anjar plant in Kutch, Gujarat. The company had commissioned these units through its wholly owned subsidiaries.
The integrated complex of the company at Anjar also includes a coke oven facility along with the blast furnace, sinter plant, and a ductile iron pipe plant with 4,00,000 tn per annum capacity.