SAIL signs Joint Venture Agreement with Jaiprakash Associates

Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has informed that the Company on February 21, 2008 has signed a Joint Venture Agreement with M/s. Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) for formation of a Joint Venture Company (JVC) to set up a cement plant for producing 2 million tonnes of Cement at Bokaro (Jharkhand) by using slag generated at Bokaro Steel Plant of SAIL. SAIL would hold minority stake of 26 per cent in the JVC and the remaining 74 per cent stake would be with JAL.