PSL gets Rs 85 crore steel pipes order from Oman

Friday, April 7, 2006, 16:08 [IST]

New Delhi, Apr 7 (UNI) Steel and steel products maker PSL Ltd today said it had bagged a Rs 85 crore contract from the Oman Government for supply of steel pipes.

The order, from the Sultanate of Oman's ministry of housing, electricity and water, is to be completed within seven months.

With this venture, PSL plans to consolidate its hold in this market. The present order will be supplied from PSL's plant at Kandla.

Commenting on this order, PSL Managing Director Ashok Punj said, ''PSL has recently announced its decision to start its manufacturing operations in the Lower Gulf Region of the Middle East.'' He further added that post the set-up of the company's proposed new pipe mill we will have 13 mills operating, 12 in India and 1 in the Gulf.

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