India's leading material handling equipments maker Elecon Engineering Company has bagged an order worth Rs 18.50 crore from Techpro Systems Ltd., Chennai.

The scope of work includes supply of 1 No. Stacker Reclaimer and other Equipment for Coal Handling System of 1050 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Project at Maithon Power Ltd.

The work involves design, engineering, manufacturing, testing, supplying, erectioning and commissioning of Material Handling Equipments and other Equipment.

Punj Lloyd Group, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, announced that it has bagged two orders worth Rs 1,154.61 crore.

In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), the company said that the new orders include the company’s first infrastructure project in Libya, plus an oil and gas contract from Cairn Energy India Ltd.

The four-year infrastructure and utility project worth Rs 1,050.05 crore has been received from Housing and Infrastructure Board of Tripoli, Libya, in partnership with Public Works Company Tripoli (PWCT).

McNally Bharat Engineering, India’s leading engineering solutions company, announced that it has secured 2 orders worth Rs 2.44 billion from Vedanta Group.

London listed Vedanta Group is a metals and mining major with Aluminium, Copper and Zinc operations in India and Australia.

According to sources, the first order has been bagged for Vedanta Group’s 1.5 million tons per annum capacity lead zinc beneficiation plant located in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and the other is for aluminium handling package at Lanjigarh, Orissa.

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Elecon Engineering Company, maker of mechanical handling equipment, announced that it has secured prestigious order worth Rs 1.2  billion from Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone of Adani Group.

According to sources, the company has won the contract for design, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of material handling system for West Port, Mundra.

Elecon is the first conglomerate in India to have manufactured sophisticated equipment for bulk material handling.

In a bid to explore nuclear fuel generation possiblities in the country, engineering and construction firm Punj Lloyd has entered into an agreement with US-based Thorium Power.

With this, the two companies would be able to set up joint venture projects in the area of nuclear fuel in India and neighbouring regions.