Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores has commenced Commercial Production of Phase I of 1 MTPA Iron and Steel Project. The company had earlier announced about Bhoomi Puja and Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony for Phase I of 1 MTPA Iron and Steel Project entailing setting up 0.4 MTPA Coke Oven Plant, Waste Heat Recovery Boilers and 0.4 MTPA Pig Iron Blast Furnace at Vysanakere, Hosapete on 19 March 2018.
Trials from Batteries 1 & 2 of the Coke Oven Plant commenced in January 2020, new 24 MVA Ferro Alloy furnace in February 2020, Batteries 3 & 4 of Coke Oven Plant from November 2020 and refurbished 20 MVA Ferro Alloy Furnace from 18 January 2021.
Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores (SMIORE), the flagship company of the Sandur Group, was founded by former ruler of the Princely State of Sandur, Yeshwanthrao Hindurao Ghorpade in 1954.
