news years: 2017

Wirral based charity SUNDOWNS recently received a donation of £3,000 from Essar at Stanlow, in recognition of the refinery reaching one million hours without a recordable injury. The donation was made through Essar’s Let’s Give programme, which links safety milestones to charitable giving. Employees nominate the charities they would like to benefit when a notable […]

Cargo handling capacity to increase by 20 MTPA; to cater to increased demand from anchor customer Essar Steel Mumbai, 18 July 2017: Essar Bulk Terminal Ltd (EBTL), the operator of the Hazira port terminal facility, has signed an agreement with Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) for expanding its captive jetty by 1100 metres. The expanded berthing […]

Our request to the Hon’ble High Court was that in view of the specific facts of Essar Steel, i.e., advanced stage of discussions with lenders on its debt resolution proposal, payment of Rs 3467 crores to banks between April 2016 and June 2017, and the substantial improvement in all operating parameters, the Company should have […]

Mumbai, 14 July 2017: Essar Ports has handled a record 19.62 million tonnes of cargo in the quarter ending 30 June 2017. This is a growth of 12% when compared to the cargo handling in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. For dry and unit cargo, the performance was even more impressive, with the […]

Stanlow, July 13th 2017: Essar Oil (UK) Limited, which owns and operates the Stanlow Refinery at Ellesmere Port, has confirmed a new agreement with Etihad Airways for the direct supply of aviation fuel at Manchester Airport. Essar commenced supply to Etihad on Saturday 1st July 2017. Etihad Airways is the national airline of the United […]

Mumbai, 11 July 2017: Essar Steel India Limited (EStIL) has achieved a run rate of 83% of capacity and recorded a significant 29% quarter-on-quarter growth in flat steel production in the first quarter of the current fiscal. The total production stood at 1.57 million tonnes in Q1FY18 compared to 1.21 million tonnes in the corresponding […]

Essar Foundation conducted Yoga sessions at neighboring schools of Essar’s manufacturing facilities. ChitrakondaThe UN International Yoga Day is celebrated every year on June 21. Essar Foundation conducted a large scale Yoga session at High School, Chitrakonda. Facilitated by a professional Yoga practitioner, the idea of holding the session was to spread awareness about Yoga and […]

Vadinar In keeping with the theme for the year, ‘Connecting People to Nature’, students from Class VI-VIII of Bharana Girls Primary School participated in a range of activities marking World Environment Day on 5 June 2017. There were competitions around quizzing, drawing, slogan writing, and face painting. Environment games, like “Break the Pyramid” and “Web […]

Integrated Community-based Water Management in Coastal GujaratIntegrated Community-based Water Management in Coastal Gujarat Approximately 70% of all available water is used for irrigation. However, India’s diverse geo-climatic conditions disallow proper irrigation to some areas, while other regions have water abundance leading to misuse. To mitigate both drought and flood conditions, and to ensure equitable access […]

Essar Projects India Ltd. (EPIL), a leading EPC contractor, today announced the successful commissioning of four offshore well platforms for its client ONGC. An EPIL-led consortium—with Saipem as the engineering partner—was awarded the contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) of four new well platforms by ONGC. Of these, three platforms are in […]