PM Modi's visit to Gujarat on October 28, will lay the foundation stone of ArcelorMittal's new plant

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the extension project of ArcelorMittal's Hazira Steel Plant in Gujarat on Friday, 28 October. Sources gave this information on Wednesday. According to sources, "Prime Minister Modi is the chief guest at the Bhoomi Pujan for the extension project of Hazira Steel Plant of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel (AMNS) India on October 28, 2022."

Apart from the Prime Minister, Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and ArcelorMittal Executive Chairman Lakshmi Mittal and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Aditya Mittal will attend the event, he said. Sources said that government and company officials are also expected to attend the event.

AMNS India is a 60:40 joint venture between ArcelorMittal of Luxembourg and Nippon Steel of Japan. In 2019, two foreign entities completed the acquisition of the Essar Steel Limited plant located in Hazira. Later its name was changed to AMNS India.

AMNS said on October 6 that it has received environmental clearance for the expansion of the plant at Hazira, about 275 km from state capital Ahmedabad.