Essar Steel Hazira plant wins environment management award

The Essar Steel Hazira plant has been declared the best performer in environment management in the Baroda Productivity Council’s GreEnv Contest 2011-12. It was also honoured with the Council’s Award for Excellence in Environment Management Systems.

Mr B Mohanta , Joint General Manager accepted both awards on behalf of Essar Steel, Hazira, from the guest of honour Dr. Jyotiben Pandya, Mayor, Vadodara Mahanagar Seva Sadan, at a glittering ceremony held in Vadodara.

Essar Steel, a 14 MTPA global producer of steel, is a fully integrated flat carbon steel manufacturer — with presence in Canada, USA, India and Indonesia. It is the most versatile flat steel producer with integrated facilities. It makes pipes and extra wide plates, as well as hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, color-coated steel and pipe. It has an integrated distribution business with service centers and steel hypermarts.

It operates seven service centers in India, with additional service center in international locations (Indonesia, UAE and United Kingdom) with an aggregate capacity of five million tonnes. Essar has the largest retail distribution network. Its products find wide acceptance in highly discerning consumer sectors such as hydrocarbon, automotive, white goods, construction, engineering and shipbuilding.