Hindustan Dorr Oliver has been awarded contract for design, residual basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, erection, construction and commissioning of HRDs & DCWs including flocculant preparation unit and cauticisation unit along with associated facilities and auxiliaries for Rs 770 million as a part of National Aluminium Company (NALCO) process of expansion of their alumina refinery at Damanjodi, Orissa from 1.575 million TPY to 2.1 million TPY capacity, by adding one more production line of 525 KTPY capacity. This expansion project is designated as NALCO phase — 2 expansion.
NALCO has appointed Engineers India, New Delhi (EIL) as their consultant and HDO will be executing the above mentioned HRD & DCW package — II on lumpsum turnkey basis in 16 months.
Sical Infra Assets was formed to park the Sical Logistics’ asset-heavy, capital-intensive, longer gestation infrastructure-based business. These capital-intensive business include the logistics hub at Nagpur, the iron ore terminal at Ennore port, the company’s container rail project, and the business of container terminals at Tuticorn and Chennai ports.
Old Lane Mauritius IV, a vehicle of Old Lane Opportunities Funds, has invested $26 million (Rs 107 crore) for a 26% stake in Sical Infra Assets, a new unit of Sical Logistics.
Reportedly, Sical Logistics also plans to list its new subsidiary on the stock exchanges to raise funds to finance the company’s growing infrastructure business.
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