news years: 2019

The use of wood as a cooking fuel has been in place for a long time. With better facilities available today, we have moved on to the use of oils and liquefied gas as the preferred cooking fuel. However, not all are able to use gas or oil, and continue to use wood that is […]

Essar Foundation’s ‘Sattar Minute’ campaign – an employee volunteering initiative, encourages Essarites to commit as much time they can for volunteering for community development and social causes. The aim of the initiative is that all Essarites cumulatively clock a total of million hours of community outreach service. The response to this initiative has been overwhelming, […]

Essar Power Mahan recently organised a ‘Mega Health Camp’ in collaboration with the District Health Department in Karsualal village, Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh. A team of five doctors from Northern Coalfields Limited, District Health Department and Essar-supported health centre comprising of general physicians, gynaecologists and dermatologists lead the camp. Additionally, Essar Power supported with food […]

Essar Foundation pays special attention to protecting the environment, especially near its facilities. During the ongoing rainy season, Essarites participated in a seed bombing activity in open/empty patches of Mahan forest. The forest is approximately 15 kms from Essar’s Mahan power plant. Seed bombing, or aerial reforestation, is a technique of promoting vegetation on land […]

Mumbai, 28 August 2019: Essar Shipping Ltd (ESL) today announced that seven of the 12 vessels in its fleet have been recognised by the United States Coast Guard’s Automated Mutual Assistance Vessel Rescue (AMVER) System Programme for their outstanding commitment to safety at sea. The award ceremony was held in Mumbai on 22 August 2019. The […]

Business Line Essar Power is said to be in talks to deleverage about Rs. 20,000 crore of its debt to bring it down to about one-third. For this, it plans a debt restructuring of the group’s 2,400 MW independent power producer (IPP) companies. Essar has so far invested about Rs. 32,000 crore in its power […]

‘Children are becoming easy prey to sexual abuse because of their tender age, physical vulnerabilities and inexperience of life and society,’ states the #POCSO (Amendment) Bill 2019. Taking cognizance, Essar Power feels a sense of urgency for greater awareness of child sexual abuse. In this light, Essar Power conducted a workshop in Hazira on ‘Prevention […]

Mumbai, 21 August 2019: Essar Ports today said higher capacity utilisation at its recently commissioned terminals at Salaya and Vizag, and an increase in third-party cargo, were the two key factors that will help the Company achieve its target of handling 60 million tonnes of cargo by 31 March 2020. The Company’s first quarter cargo handling […]

Mumbai, 21 August 2019: Essar Ports today said higher capacity utilisation at its recently commissioned terminals at Salaya and Vizag, and an increase in third-party cargo, were the two key factors that will help the Company achieve its target of handling 60 million tonnes of cargo by 31 March 2020. The Company’s first quarter cargo handling […]

Essar Power Mahan recently organised a blood donation drive at the Essar Township in Waidhan, Madhya Pradesh. In collaboration with the Indian Red Cross Society, Essarites and their families were encouraged to donate blood as a noble cause. The campaign was aimed at increasing awareness and making blood donation a responsibility for every citizen. Each […]