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Mumbai, Aug 12

Larsen and Toubro-led consortium has bagged orders totalling Rs 3,816 crore from customers in the metal industry. L&T in association with Outotec, GmbH of Germany, and Paul Wurth bagged orders totalling Rs 2,545 crore from Tata Steel for a 6 million tpa (tonnes per annum) pellet plant and a blast furnace at Jamshedpur. L&T’s share in the order is valued at Rs 1,578 crore. The L&T-Paul Wurth consortium was also awarded a repeat order from Tata Steel for a 2.5 million tpa blast furnace. The order is scheduled for commissioning in 30 months. The L&T-Outotec consortium also secured a Rs 753-crore order for a 360 sq.m sinter plant for the SAIL-RSP expansion programme of 3.7 million tpa. L&T share of the order is Rs 588 crore. The order is to be executed in 30 months, an L&T release said. In addition L&T got a repeat order valued at Rs 518 crore from Hindustan Zinc for a 2.1 lakh tpa leaching, purification and zinc electrolysis plant. This order is scheduled for completion in 17 months, the release added. The shares of the company closed at Rs 2,849.45, down 1.4 per cent on the BSE on Tuesday. —

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