Kudremukh Iron & Steel Company Limited(KISCO)

This is a joint venture company  promoted by   Kudremukh   Iron   ore   company  Limited  (KIOCL) in association with MECON Limited (formerly Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants Ltd) and MSTC Limited (formerly Metal Scrap Trading Corporation Ltd) to implement a Pig Iron and a Ductile Iron Spun Pipe Plant at Mangalore.

The  Pig Iron Complex of the Joint Venture was completed and commissioned in February 2001 at Baikampady  Industrial  Area  in  Mangalore. The Pig Iron Complex consists of Blast Furnace with a useful of 350 cubic meters which can produce upto  227,000 tonnes  of  foundry  grade  pig  iron  per  annum. The plant also has a Captive Power Plant of 2 X 3.5 MW capacity which uses surplus blast furnace gas as energy input and meets a substantial part of the power requirement of the Pig Iron Plant. The company produces various grades of pig iron catering to wide cross section of consumers located in various parts of the country.