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- Steel Exchange India Limited manufactures thermo mechanically treated rebars under the Simhadri TMT brand, sponge iron, billets, and related steel products; it also generates and sells thermal and gas-based power. The company operates through steel and power segments, with core offerings including Simhadri TMT rebars in grades Fe500D, Fe550D, and Fe500D CRS in sizes from 8mm to 32mm, sponge iron, billets, ingots, pig iron, steel scrap, iron ore, and pellets; it trades additional steel products and maintains an integrated steel plant near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, featuring a 220,000 MTPA sponge iron unit, 250,000 MTPA steel melt shop, 225,000 MTPA rolling mill, and 60 MW co-generation power plant, alongside a steel melt shop and 11.84 MW gas-based power unit at Kothapeta. Incorporated in 1999 and headquartered in Visakhapatnam, India, as the flagship of the Vizag Profiles group, it serves domestic markets primarily in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with approximately 1,120 employees.
In recent developments, the company secured a Rs 350 crore refinancing facility in October 2025 from a consortium including Kotak Mahindra Investments Limited, Oxyzo Financial Services Limited, and Kotak Credit Opportunities Fund to reduce high-cost debt, with Rs 150 crore disbursed for prepayment of non-convertible debentures and term loans. In December 2024, its board approved the slump sale of a non-operational unit in Kothapeta, Andhra Pradesh, for Rs 50 crore and plans to raise up to Rs 600 crore through equity shares or convertible securities to further deleverage. In November 2025, Steel Exchange India Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary signed memorandums of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board for a Rs 3,450 crore project to expand steel capacity by 1 million tonnes per annum over five years and develop a logistics park, with phase 1 targeted for fiscal 2027; it also approved Rs 150 million in term loans and a Rs 545.5 million preferential allotment.