McNally Bharat awarded Rs 113-crore order by Vedanta's Zambian copper unit

10 May 2010

Kolkata-based Bharat Engineering Company Ltd (MBE), a turnkey provider in the power, steel and aluminium sector among others, today said that it has been awarded a Rs113-crore order from London-listed Vedanta's Zambian  Konkola Copper Mines, based in Nehanga, Zambia.

The contract involves designing, engineering, manufacturing, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of West Mill Copper Concentrator Plant and East Mill Flotation Circuit on EPC-basis.

The rated capacity of the West Mill plant is 330 TPH while the East Mill plants will undergo a capacity augmentation from 600 TPH to 900 TPH. The schedule completion of facilities is 12 months.

In March, the company had bagged an order for construction work in Tripura, near the Indo-Bangladesh border valued at Rs24.38 crore and another project worth Rs.245.42 crore from the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). (See: McNally Bharat wins Rs24.38 crore government order for border work in Tripura)