Mini Blast Furnace operations at Hiriyur plant suspended temporarily for around fifteen days

Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL), a listed material subsidiary, has intimated that operations of the Mini Blast Furnace at its Hiriyur plant, Karnataka, are suspended temporarily from 1 October 2026 for around fifteen days.

Thu 1 Oct 2026

Unit Affected

Mini Blast Furnace at its Hiriyur plant, Karnataka

Suspension Start Date

1 October 2026

Suspension Duration

around fifteen days

Reason

normal maintenance and repairs activities

What has been intimated

• Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Limited (KFIL), a listed material subsidiary of the company, has intimated to the stock exchange, where its shares are listed, that operations at one of its units are being halted temporarily.
• The specific unit is the Mini Blast Furnace at the Hiriyur plant in Karnataka.
• The suspension is effective from 1 October 2026.
• The period indicated is around fifteen days.
• The stated purpose is normal maintenance and repairs activities.

Reading the disclosure

The company's own wording is that the operations have been suspended temporarily, that the shutdown is for normal maintenance and repairs activities, and that it is expected to last around fifteen days.

The parent company's letter states that KFIL is a listed material subsidiary and that a copy of the intimation shared by KFIL with the exchanges is enclosed for reference.

The one figure to note

• The duration indicated for the suspension is around fifteen days, beginning 1 October 2026.

How such an update is generally read

• A temporary stoppage of a production unit is operational news, and the company has described the reason as routine maintenance and repairs rather than anything else.
• Investors typically track such updates for how long the unit stays shut and whether the timeline is later revised by the company.
• This intimation is from KFIL, the listed material subsidiary; the parent company's letter only forwards it to the exchanges.

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