Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. (GPIL) a public Ltd. Co., formally Ispat Godawari Ltd (IGL), a pioneer constituent belonging to HIRA Group of Industries, Raipur, C.G. was incorporated in 1999 to set up an integrated steel plant with captive power generation under the guidance of visionary leadership of Mr. B. L. Agrawal, Managing Director, a techno commercial visionary having proven wide experience in commissioning & running of Cement Plant, Sponge Iron Plant. GPIL is listed with the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange. GPIL is a flagship Company of Raipur-based Hira Group of Industries having dominant presence in the long product segment of the Steel industry, mainly into mild steel wire. Today, GPIL is an end-to-end manufacturer of mild steel wires. In the process, the company manufactures sponge iron, billets, Ferroalloys, captive power, wires rods (through subsidiary company), steel wires, Oxygen gas, fly ash brick and last but not the least iron ore pellets. GPIL has now become a fully integrated steel manufacturer. GPIL has also become one of the pioneers in the field of IRON ORE PELLETIZATION, having installed a Pellet Plant of 1.80 MT PA capacity and successfully operating it at 100% rated capacity. Our long-sighted vision enabled us to think ahead and create a flexible business model. Despite a challenging year of 2012-13, we achieved higher operational efficiencies. SOLAR POWER PLANT GPIL has commissioned its 50 MW solar thermal power project in 2013 at village Nokh of district Jaisalmer, Rajasthan under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission of Government of India through its wholly owned Subsidiary Company M/s Godawari Green Energy Ltd (GGEL). MINING GPIL has been granted mining lease for 2 iron ore mines at AriDongri (which is already in operation since mid of 2008) and Boria Tibu in Chhattisgarh. This would be on an area of 216 hectare & prospecting license for another iron ore mines with an area of 754 hectare in Chhattisgarh.