Consortium led by India’s LEWL wins contract to build SAIL pellet plant

Monday, 03 November 2025 09:26:25 (GMT+3)   |   Kolkata

A consortium of India’s Lloyds Engineering Works Limited (LEWL), Primetals Technologies India Limited (PTIL) and Primetals Technologies Gmbh, Austria, has won a contract for the design and construction of a 4.3 million mt per year capacity pellet plant at Steel Authority of India Limited’s  IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a company statement said on Monday, November 3.

According to the letter of acceptance (LoA) issued by SAIL to the consortium, the value of the contract is around INR 6130 million ($69 million).

The project has been scheduled for completion within 36 months from the signing of the contract.

AjoyDas
Ajoy Das
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I graduated from the University of Kolkata with a degree in economics and have three decades of experience in reporting for leading print media publications, covering key manufacturing industries like iron and steel, energy (fossil and renewable), chemicals and petrochemicals and mining sectors (coal, bauxite, iron ore and copper). I work as a correspondent for SteelOrbis reporting on the Indian steel industry covering pricing and trade trends across the value chain, capacity creations and utilizations, corporate developments, government policy frameworks and industry related news.


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