Kirloskar Ferrous Industries resumes operations of MBF-II at Koppal Plant

6 Jul 2022 , 11:34 AM

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited has informed to the exchanges that the upgradation of the Mini Blast Furnace II (‘MBF-II’) situated at Koppal plant, Karnataka has been completed and the operations of MBF-II have resumed from July04, 2022.

As per the filing, after upgrade of MBF-II, the manufacturing capacity of pig iron in respect of MBF-II has increased from 1,80,000 Metric Tonne per annum to 2,17,600 Metric Tonne per annum and consequently, total manufacturing capacity of pig iron at company level has increased to 6,09,000 Metric Tonne per annum.

At around 11:36 AM, Kirloskar Ferrous Industries was trading at Rs190.90 per share down by Rs0.3 or 0.16% from its previous closing of Rs191.20 per share on the BSE.