Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an
export order worth Rs.550 crore from Koniambo Nickel SAS, a joint venture of
Xstrata PLC, Switzerland, with a local New Caledonian company for supply of
circulating fluidised bed combustion CFBC Boilers at New Caledonia, an island in
the south west Pacific Ocean, east of Australia, is an overseas territory of
France.
This is the first ever overseas order
on BHEL for CFBC Boilers for utility application. The equipment to be supplied
against the order will be fully compliant with global standards for such
equipment and shall be manufactured in conformity with the latest European
standards.