100th Annual Report 2006-2007 - Tata Steel

Domestic Operations
Projects
• The country’s first automated Jigging & Hydrocyclone Plant
was installed to effectively use iron ore fines, thereby conserving
prime natural resources, reducing Coke consumption and
increasing the productivity of blast furnaces. The capacity of
the plant is about 300 tonnes per hour or 1.6 mtpa throughput.
• The Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL), a 50:50 joint venture
company of Larsen & Toubro Limited (L & T) and Tata Steel will develop
an all-weather deep port at the mouth of Dhamra river. The port
will have 13 berths to handle over 83 million tonnes of cargo per annum
and will also include a 62-km rail connectivity.
• Tata Steel has acquired 100% equity stake in Rawmet Ferrous
Industries Private Limited having a Ferro Alloy Plant consisting
of two 16.5 MVA semi closed electric arc furnace with a capacity of
producing around 50,000 tonnes per annum of High Carbon Ferro
Chrome.
Brands
• Turnover of all branded products increased by 20%
from Rs. 3,848 crores in FY 05-06 to Rs. 4,604 crores in
FY 06-07.
• Tata Tiscon became the largest branded Rebar
player in India with 50% increase in sales from
Rs. 784 crores in FY 05-06 to Rs. 1,175 crores in FY 06-07.
• Sales of Tata Shaktee increased 21% from Rs. 653
crores in FY 05-06 to Rs. 788 crores in FY 06-07.
• Tata Structura recorded a phenomenal growth with a
turnover of Rs. 211 crores in its first full year.
• Tata Shaktee won the Best Long-term Rural Marketing
Initiative Award by the Rural Marketing Agencies
Association of India.
Tata Steel’s latest H blast furnace will produce 2.5 mtpa of
hot metal on completion.
• Tata Bearings bagged the Zero PPM award from
Toyota Kirloskar Motors Limited for the third year in
succession.
• “steeljunction” was awarded the Best Retail Concept of
the year at the India Retail Forum 2006.